“As birds are made to fly and rivers to run, so the soul to follow duty.” Ramayana by Maharishi Valmiki still remains as a living force in the lives of every Hindu Indian. Notion Press, India’s leading self-publishing platform, presents Valmikiya Ramayan Hindi Kavyanuwad by Murlimanohar Vyas, a shlok-by-shlok translation of the Ramayana, originally written in Sanskrit by Valmiki, into precise and appropriate Hindi poetry.

The Ramayana by Maharishi Valmiki is a significant foundation of the Hindu literature. It is considered one of humanity’s most ancient, treasured ethical and spiritual works. It is one of the world’s most sacred works of divine literature; vividly portraying the grand, sweeping epic of the supreme bowman/ warrior and his struggles with evil, power, avarice, and duplicity. A celebration of the victory of good over evil, this timeless epic recounts the legend of Rama, the exiled prince of Ayodhya, and his battle to vanquish the demon king, Ravana. The legendary narrative begins with the banishment of Rama on the eve of his coronation. Rama enters the forests of Dandaka with his beautiful wife, Sita, and devoted brother, Lakshmana. However, Sita is abducted by Ravana and is taken to his isolated kingdom on the far side of the southern ocean. The story follows the story of the two brothers, Rama and Lakshmana, set out to rescue her.

The Ramayana is not merely a story or a legend; it elaborately unfolds the life of Rama, and is an intensely personal story of love and family, duty and honour, and other destructive emotions such as jealousy and greed, and weaves the ultimate fate of having vicious ambitions. Being one of the two major Sanskrit epics of Ancient India, the other being the Mahabharata, the script remains widely unknown to the common man whose mother tongue is Hindi as there has never been a shlok-by-shlok translation of the Ramayana. Valmikiya Ramayan Hindi Kavyanuwad is a delightfully-straightforward, rhythmical, and lyrical retelling of the ancient Indian epic that centres on loyalty, betrayal, redemption. It offers a true insight into the real nature of life. Murli Manohar Vyas renders one of history’s most sacred ethical works with completeness and sterling accuracy for the modern Hindi reader.

The author, Murlimanohar Vyas, hopes to cater to the need of the Ramayana by the Hindi-speaking community. Vyas, the author, or to be more precise, the poet of this book, is a lawyer by profession with over 52 years of experience in the field. Just as how the Ramayana was Maharishi Valmiki’s first poetry, Valmikiya Ramayan Hindi Kavyanuwad is Vyas’ first-ever book. He was an active politician and had been jailed several times while leading inspirational mass movements. Vyas has visited many countries across the globe and is an ardent student of mythology.

Valmikiya Ramayan Hindi Kavyanuwad by Murlimanohar Vyas is elegantly translated and beautifully written to stir the reader’s soul. Grab your copy of Valmikiya Ramayan Hindi Kavyanuwad in print and e-book format at the Notion Press Bookstore amongst other leading e-commerce portals such as
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