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his section gives the main Katha Chopai (verse from the Tulsidas Ramayana) for many of the Ram Kathas. We will be adding to this section.

Katha 734 - मानस गुरु पद रज, आदीपुर, गुजरात - Manas Guru Pad Raj, Adipur, Gujarat 28th December 2013 - 5th January 2014
Bal Kaand – Doha 1
Guru pada raj mrudu manjula anjan | nayan amia druga dosa bibhanjana ||
tehiM kari bimala bibeka bilochana | baranau rām charit bhava mochan ||
गुरु पद रज मृदु मंजुल अंजन । नयन अमिअ दृग दोष बिभंजन ॥
तेहिं करि बिमल बिबेक बिलोचन । बरनऊं राम चरित भव मोचन ॥
The dust of the Guru's feet is a soft and agreeable, salve, which is ambrosia as it were for the eyes and remedies the defects of vision. Having brightened my eyes of discernment thereby I proceed to relate the story of Sri Rama, whcih secures freedom from the bondage of mundane existence.
Katha 733 - मानस लोह पुरुष सरदार, बारडोली, गुजरात - Manas Loh Purush Sardar, Bardoli, Gujarat 7th - 15th December 2013
Ayodhya Kaand – Doha 189
Hohu sanjoil rokahu ghātā | thātahu sakal marai ke thātā ||
sanmukha loha bharat sana leu | jiata na surasari utarana deu ||
होहु सँजोईल रोकहु घाटा । ठाटहु सकल मरै के ठाटा ॥
सनमुख लोह भरत सन लेऊँ । जिअत न सुरसरि उतरन देऊँ ॥
Equip yourself and blockade the ghats; be prepared in everyway to face death. I will encounter bharat in open combat and would not let him cross the Ganga so long as there is life in me.
Katha 732 - मानस राजधानी, दिल्ही - Manas Rajdhani, Delhi 23rd November - 1st December 2013
Bal Kaand – Doha 152
Rāj dhani jo jeth suta āhi | nām pratāpbhānu asa tāhi ||
राज धनी जो जेठ सुत आही । नाम प्रतापभानु अस ताही ॥
The elder of the two and the heir to the throne was named Pratapbhanu.

Bal Kaand – Doha 178
Sundara sahaja agam anumāni | kinhi tahān rāvan rajdhāni ||
सुंदर सहज अगम अनुमानी । कीन्हि तहाँ रावन रजधानी ॥
Percieving that the city was naturally beautiful and inaccessible for others, Ravana fixed his capital there.
Katha 731 - मानस कृष्ण चरित्र, बेट द्वारका, गुजरात - Manas Krishna Charitra, Bet Dwarka, Gujarat 9th - 17th November 2013
Jaba jadubans krishna avtārā | hoihi haran mahā mahibhārā ||
Krishna tanay hoihi pati torā | bachanu anyathā hoi na morā ||
जब जदुबंस कृष्न अवतारा । होइहि हरन महा महिभारा ॥
कृष्न तनय होइहि पति तोरा । बचनु अन्यथा होइ न मोरा ॥
When Sri Krishna will descend in the line of Yadu to relieve the earth of its heavy burden, your lord will be born again as his son (Pradyumna) this prediction of mine can never be untrue.
Katha 730 - मानस अंबिका, अंबाजी, गुजरात - Manas Ambika, Ambaji, Gujarat 5th - 13th October 2013
Bal Kaand – Doha 66
Sundar sahaj susil sayāni | nām umā ambikā bhavāni ||
सुंदर सहज सुसील सयानी । नाम उमा अंबिका भवानी ॥
Pretty, amiable and intelligent by nature. She will be called Uma, Ambika(lit., mother) and Bhavani

Bal Kaand – Doha 99
Jagdambikā jāni bhav bhāmā | Suranha manahi mana kinha pranāmā ||
जगदंबिका जानि भव भामा । सुरन्ह मनहिं मन कीन्ह प्रनामा ॥
Recognizing in her the Mother of the universe and Spouse of Shiva, the divinities mentally bowed to her.
Katha 729 - मानस हनुमान चालीसा (भाग ८), गेंगटोक, सिक्किम - Manas Hanuman Chalisa (part 8), Gangtok, Sikkim 14th - 22nd September 2013
Jo yeh padhe Hanumān Chālisā | Hoi sidhi saakhi Gaurisā ||
Tulsidās sadā hari cherā | Kije naath hriday maha derā ||
जो यह प़ढै हनुमान चालीसा । होय सिद्धि साखी गौरीसा ॥
तुलसी दास सदा हरि चेरा । कीजै नाथ ह्रदय महँ डेरा ॥
Whosoever recites Hanuman Chalisa will be successful, Gaurisa (Bhagwan Shiv) is my witness.
Tulsidas who is forever servant of Hari prays that Bhagwan enshrines in his heart.
Katha 728 - मानस संवाद, इंदोर, मध्य प्रदेश - Manas Samvaad, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 3rd - 11th August 2013
Bal Kaand – Doha 29A
Kahihau soi sambād bakhāni | Sunahu sakal sajjan sukhu māni ||
कहिहउँ सोइ संबाद बखानी । सुनहुँ सकल सज्जन सुखु मानी ॥
I shall repeat the same dialogue at length. Let all good souls hear it with a feeling of delight.

Sundar Kaand – Doha 33
Yaha sambād jāsu ura āvā | Raghupati charan bhagati soi pāvā ||
यह संबाद जासु उर आवा । रघुपति चरन भगति सोइ पावा ॥
Even he who takes this dialogue (between Sri Rama and Hanuman) to heart is blessed with devotion to Sri Rama's feet.
Katha 727 - मानस अंगद, बेकर्सफ़िल्ड कथा - Manas Angad, Bakersfield, California 29th June - 7th July 2013
Lanka Kaand – Doha 20
Angad nām bāli kar betā | tāso kabahu bhāi hi bhetā ||
Angad bachan sunat sakuchānā | rahā bāli bānar mai jānā ||
अंगद नाम बालि कर बेटा । तासों कबहुँ भई ही भेटा ॥
अंगद बचन सुनत सकुचाना । रहा बालि बानर मैं जाना ॥
"Angad is my name: I am Vali's son. Did you ever meet him?" Ravana felt uncomfortable when he heard Angad's reply. "Yes, I do remember that there was a monkey, Vali by name."
Katha 726 - मानस मोक्ष, हैदराबाद, आंध्र प्रदेश - Manas Moksha, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh 10th - 18th June 2013
Aranya Kaand – Doha 15
Dharma te birati joga te gyānā | gyāna mocchhprada beda bakhānā ||
धर्म तें बिरति जोग तें ग्याना । ग्यान मोच्छ्प्रद बेद बखाना ॥
Dispassion results from the practice of virtue, while spiritual wisdom comes of the practice of Yoga (concentration of mind); and wisdom is the bestower of liberation; so declare the Vedas.

Uttar Kaand – Doha 118
Tathā mocchha sukha sunu khagarāi | rahi na sakai hari bhagati bihāi ||
तथा मोच्छ सुख सुनु खगराई । रहि न सकई हरि भगति बिहाई ॥
Even so, mark you, O king of the birds, the joy of final beatitude, cannot stay apart from Devotion of Sri Hari.
Katha 725 - मानस मारग, मुंबई, महाराष्ट्र - Manas Marag, Mumbai, Maharashtra 4th - 12th May 2013
Uttar Kaand – Doha 97
Māraga soi jā kahu joi bhāvā | pandita soi jo gāl bajāvā ||
मारग सोइ जा कहुँ जोइ भावा । पंडित सोइ जो गाल बजावा ॥
The right course for every individual is that which one takes a fancy to; a man of erudition is he who plays the braggart.

Uttar Kaand – Doha 128
Ati hari krupā jāhi par hoi | pāu dei ehin mārag soi ||
अति हरि कृपा जाहि पर होई । पाउँ देइ एहिं मारग सोई ॥
He alone who enjoys the utmost grace of Sri Hari can set his foot on this road (the road to Devotion).
Katha 724 - मानस राम जनम, भावनगर, गुजरात - Manas Ram Janam, Bhavnagar, Gujarat 11th - 19th April 2013
Bal Kaand – Doha 33
Jehi din rām janam shruti gāvahi | tiratha sakal tahān chali āvahi ||
जेहि दिन राम जनम श्रुति गावहिं । तीरथ सकल तहाँ चलि आवहिं ॥
On the day of Shri Rama's birth the presiding spirits of allholy places flock there.

Bal Kaand – Doha 121
Rām janam ke hetu anekā | param bichitra ek te ekā ||
राम जनम के हेतु अनेका । परम बिचित्र एक तें एका ॥
The motives of Sri Rama's birth are many, each more wonderful than the other.
Katha 723 - मानस कथा, पिपावाव गुजरात - Manas Katha, Pipavav, Gujarat 16th - 24th March 2013
Uttara Kaand – Doha 128
Man kāmanā siddhi nara pāvā | Je yaha kathā kapat taji gāvā ||
Kahahi Sunahi anumodan karahi | Te gopad iva bhavanidhi tarahi |
मन कामना सिद्धि नर पावा । जे यह कथा कपट तजि गावा ॥
कहहिं सुनहिं अनुमोदन करहीं । ते गोपद इव भवनिधि तरहीं ॥
Men who sing this story in guileless spirit attain the object of their soul's desire.
Nay, they who repeat or listen to it or even approve of its recitation cross the ocean of mundane existence as they would the print of a cow's hoof.
Katha 722 - मानस हरि मंदिर, पोरबंदर, गुजरात - Manas Hari Mandir, Porbandar, Gujarat 16th - 24th February 2013
Sundar Kaand – Doha 4
Sayan kie dekhā kapi tehi | mandira mahu na dikhi baidehi ||
Bhavana ek puni dikh suhāvā | hari mandira taha bhinna banāvā ||
सयन किएँ देखा कपि तेही । मंदिर महुँ न दीखि बैदेही ॥
भवन एक पुनि दीख सुहावा । हरि मंदिर तहँ भिन्न बनावा ॥
He saw the demon chief buried in sleep; but he did not find Vaideha's Daughter there.
He then noticed another splendid building, with a temple of Sri Hari standing apart.
Katha 721 - मानस तीरथराज, अलाहाबाद(कुंभ), उत्तर प्रदेश - Manas Tirathraj, Allahabad(Kumbh), Uttar Pradesh 19th - 27th January 2013
Ayodhya Kaand – Doha 105
Asa tirathpati dekhi suhāvā | sukha sāgara raghubar sukhu pāvā ||
kahi siya lakhanahi sakhahi sunāi | shrimukh tirathrāj badāi ||
अस तीरथपति देखि सुहावा । सुख सागर रघुबर सुखु पावा ॥
कहि सिय लखनहि सखहि सुनाई । श्रिमुख तीरथराज ब़डाई ॥
The chief of Raghu's race, who is an ocean of bliss, was filled with delight to see this glorious king of holy places.
With his own gracious lips He told Sita, Lakshman and his friend (Guha) the greatness of Prayaga.
Katha 720 - मानस सिव, बैद्यनाथ ज्योतिर्लिंग, जारखंड - Manas Siv, Baidhyanath Jyotirlinga, Jharkhand 29th December 2012 - 06th January 2013
Bal Kaand – Doha 103
Siva pada kamala jinhahi rati nāhi | rāmahi te sapanehu na sohāhi ||
सिव पद कमल जिन्हहि रति नाहीं । रामहि ते सपनेहुँ न सोहाहीं ॥
Those who love not Siva's lotus feet cannot even dream of pleasing Rama.

Lanka Kaand – Doha 1
Linga thapi bidhivata kari pujā | siva samāna priya mohi na doojā ||
लिंग थापि बिधिवत करि पूजा । सिव समान प्रिय मोहि न दूजा ॥
Having installed an emblem of Lord Siva and worshipped it with due solemnity, He said, "No one else is so dearto me as Siva."
Katha 719 - मानस केन्सर, अहमदाबाद, गुजरात - Manas Cancer, Ahmedabad, Gujarat 08th - 16th December 2012
Uttar Kaand – Doha 120
Sunahu tāt ab mānas rogā | jinha te dukha pāvahi saba logā ||
Ahankār ati dukhad damruā | dambha kapat mada mān nehruā ||
सुनहु तात अब मानस रोगा । जिन्ह ते दुख पावहिं सब लोगा ॥
अहंकार अति दुखद डमरुआ । दंभ कपट मद मान नेहरुआ ॥
Note now, dear Garuda, the diseases of the mind, from which everyone suffers.
Egotism is a counterpart of the most painful gout; while hypocrisy, deceit, arrogance and pride correspond to the disease known as Dracontiasis (which is marked by the presence in the body of a parasite known as the guinea-worm.)
Katha 718 - मानस सुर धेनू, गोवर्धन(मथुरा), उत्तर प्रदेश - Manas Sur Dhenu, Govardhan(Mathura), Uttar Pradesh 17th - 25th November 2012
Bal Kaand – Doha 145
Sunu sevaka surataru suradhenu | bidhi hari hara bandita pada renu ||
सुनु सेवक सुरतरु सुरधेनू । बिधि हरि हर बंदित पद रेनू ॥
Listen, O Lord! You are a wish-yielding tree and a cow of plenty to your servants. The dust below your feet is adored by Brahma, Hari and Hara.

Ayodhya Kaand – Doha 196
Bharat kaheu surasari tava renu | sakala sukhada sevaka suradhenu ||
भरत कहेउ सुरसरि तव रेनू । सकल सुखद सेवक सुरधेनू ॥
Bharata exclaimed, "Mother Ganga!, your sands are delightful to all and the very cow of plenty to your devotees."
Katha 717 - मानस सत्य, धरमशाला, हिमाचल प्रदेश - Manas Satya, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh 22nd - 30th September 2012
Ayodhya Kaand – Doha 94
Dharamu na dusara satya samānā | āgam nigam purān bakhānā ||
धरमु न दूसर सत्य समाना । आगम निगम पुरान बखाना ॥
There is no virtue equal to truthfulness: so declare the Agamas(Tantras), Vedas and Puranas.

Ayodhya Kaand – Doha 27
Satyamul saba sukrut suhāe | beda purān bidit manu gāe ||
सत्यमूल सब सुकॄत सुहाए । बेद पुरान बिदित मनु गाए ॥
Veracity is the root of all noble virtues, as is well-known in the Vedas and Puranas and has been declared by Manu (the first law-giver of the world, the author Manusmruti).
Katha 716 - मानस प्रेम, नाथद्वारा, राजस्थान - Manas Prem, Nathdwara, Rajasthan 18th - 26th August 2012
Bal Kaand – Doha 184
Hari byāpaka sarabatra samānā | prem te pragat hohi mai jānā ||
Aga jagamaya saba rahita birāgi | prem te prabhu pragatai jimi āgi ||
हरि ब्यापक सर्बत्र समाना । प्रेम ते प्रगट होहिं मैं जाना ॥
अग जगमय सब रहित बिरागी । प्रेम तें प्रभु प्रगटई जिमि आगी ॥
For aught i know Sri Hari is present everywhere alike and is revealed only by love. Having taken the form of all creation, both animate and inanimate, he is yet destitute of everything and passionless; he is revealed by love even as fire is manifested by friction.
Katha 715 - मानस करुणा, हिरोशिमा, जापान - Manas Karuna, Hiroshima, Japan 5th - 13th August 2012
Bal Kaand – Doha 12
Jehi jana para mamtā ati chhohu | jehi karunā kari kinha na kohu ||
जेहि जन पर ममता अति छोहू । जेहिं करुना करि कीन्ह न कोहू ॥
He is excessively fond of his devotees and treats them as his own; he has never frowned at him to whom he has once shown his favour.

Uttar Kaand – Doha 43
Kabahunka kari karunā nara dehi | deta isa binu hetu sanehi ||
कबहुँक करि करुना नर देहि । देत ईस बिनु हेतु सनेही ॥
Rarely does God, who loves the Jiva without any self interest, graciously bestow on it a human form.
Katha 714 - मानस पंचवटी, जोहनसबर्ग, दक्षिण अफ़्रिका - Manas Panchvati, Johannesburg, South Africa 7th - 15th July 2012
Aranya Kaand – Doha 12
Hai prabhu param manorath thāu | Pāvan panchvati tehi nāu ||
Chale rām muni āyusu pāi | Turathi panchvati niarāi ||
है प्रभु परम मनोहर ठाऊँ । पावन पंचबटी तेहि नाऊँ ॥
चले राम मुनि आयसु पाई । तुरतहिं पंचबटी निअराई ॥
There is, my lord, a most charming and holy spot; it is called Panchvati.
On receiving the sage's permission Sri Rama departed and drew near to Panchvati in a short while.
Katha 713 - मानस हनुमान चालीसा (भाग ७), ताम्पा, फ़्लोरिडा - Manas Hanuman Chalisa (part 7), Tampa, Florida 2nd - 10th June 2012
Jo yeh padhe Hanumān Chālisā | Hoi sidhi saakhi Gaurisā ||
Tulsidās sadā hari cherā | Kije naath hriday maha derā ||
जो यह प़ढै हनुमान चालीसा । होय सिद्धि साखी गौरीसा ॥
तुलसी दास सदा हरि चेरा । कीजै नाथ ह्रदय महँ डेरा ॥
Whosoever recites Hanuman Chalisa will be successful, Gaurisa (Bhagwan Shiv) is my witness.
Tulsidas who is forever servant of Hari prays that Bhagwan enshrines in his heart.
Katha 712 - मानस ईसु, यरुशलेम, इसराइल - Manas Isu, Jerusalem, Israel 1st - 9th May 2012
Ayodhya Kaand – Doha 23
Jehi jehi joni karam basa bhramahi | taha taha isu deu yaha hamahi ||
जेहिं जेहिं जोनि करम बस भ्रमहीं । तहँ तहँ ईसु देउ यह हमहीं ॥
In whichever species we may be born from time to time as a result of our actions, may God grant us that Sita's spouse may be our Lord.

Ayodhya Kaand – Doha 76
Subha aru asubh karama anuhāri | Isu dei falu hridaya bichāri ||
सुभ अरु असुभ करम अनुहारी । ईसु देह फ़लु ह्र्दयँ बिचारी ॥
God requites our actions according as they are good or bad, weighing them in the scale of his judgment.
Katha 711 - मानस हरिहर, राजकोट, गुजरात - Manas Harihar, Rajkot, Gujarat 14th - 22nd April 2012
Bal Kaand – Doha 1
Hari har kathā birājati beni | sunat sakal mud mangal deni ||
हरि हर कथा बिराजति बेनी । सुनत सकल मुद मंगल देनी ॥
While the anecdotes of Visnu and Shiva stand out as the triple stream known as Triveni, bringing joy and blessings to those who listen to them.

Bal Kaand – Doha 8
Hari har pad rati mati na kutaraki | tinha kahun madhur kathā raghubar ki ||
हरि हर पद रति मति न कुतरकी । तिन्ह कहुँ मधुर कथा रघुबर की ॥
To those, however, who possess devotion to the feet of God Vishnu and Shiva and whose mind is not perverse, the tale of the Chief of the Raghus will taste as sweet.
Katha 710 - मानस गोसाईं, राजापुर, उत्तर प्रदेश - Manas Gosai, Rajapur, Uttar pradesh 24th March - 01st April 2012
Ayodhya Kaand – Doha 84
Karunāmay raghunāth gosāi | begi pāiahin pir parāi ||
करुनामय रघुनाथ गोसाँई । बेगि पाइअहिं पीर पराई ॥
Lord Sri Rama, who is all compassion, is readily touched by others, pain.

Ayodhya Kaand – Doha 198
Prānanāthu raghunāth gosāi | jo bad hot so rām badāi ||
प्राननाथु रघुनाथ गोसाईं । जो ब़ड होत सो राम ब़डाईं ॥
And her beloved lord is no other than Lord Sri Rama, from whose glory all great ones derive their greatness.
Katha 709 - मानस महामुनि, वर्धा, महाराष्ट्र - Manas Mahamuni, Vardha, Maharashtra 03rd - 11th March 2012
Bal Kaand – Doha 205
Biswāmitra mahāmuni gyāni | Basahi bipin subh āshram jāni ||
बिस्वामित्र महामुनि ग्यानी । बसहिं बिपिन सुभ आश्रम जानी ॥
The great enlightened hermit Visvamitra lived in a forest knowing it to be a sacred spot.

Bal Kaand – Doha 100
Jasi bibāha kai bidhi shruti gai | Mahamuninh so sab karvāi ||
जसि बिबाह कै बिधि श्रुति गाई । महामुनिन्ह सो सब करवाई ॥
The great sages had the nuptial ceremony performed in all its details as laid down in the Vedas.
Katha 708 - मानस मंगल मूरति, नागपुर, महाराष्ट्र - Manas Mangal Murati, Nagpur, Maharashtra 11th - 19th February 2012
Ayodhya Kaand – Doha 124
Bālamiki man ānandu bhāri | mangal murati nayan nihāri ||
बालमीकि मन आनँदु भारी । मंगल मूरति नयन निहारी ॥
Great was the joy of Valmiki's heart as he beheld with his own eyes Sri Rama, who was bliss personified.

Ayodhya Kaand – Doha 248
Mangalmurati lochan bhari bhari | nirakhahin harasi dandvat kari kari ||
मंगलमूरति लोचन भरि भरि । निरखहिं हरषि दंडवत करि करि ॥
Ever feasting their eyes on Sri Rama, the incarnation of blessedness, and gladly prostrating themselves before him again and again.
Katha 707 - मानस गुरु गृह, गु़डगांव, हरियाणा - Manas Guru Griha, Gurgaon, Hariyana 21st - 29th January 2012
Bal Kaand – Doha 188
Guru griha gayau turata mahipālā | charana lāgi kari binay bisālā ||
गुर गृह गयउ तुरत महिपाला । चरन लागि करि बिनय बिसाला ॥
The King hastened to his preceptor's residence and, falling at his feet, made many entreaties.

Bal Kaand – Doha 203
Gurgriham gae padhana raghurāi | alapa kāla bidyā saba āi ||
गुरगृहँ गए प़ढन रघुराई । अलप काल बिद्या सब आई ॥
The Lord of Raghus then proceeded to his preceptor's residence for study and in a short time mastered all the branches of knowledge.
Katha 706 - मानस संत समाज, उमरेठ. गुजरात - Manas Sant Samaj, Umreth, Gujarat 31st December 2011 - 8th January 2012
Bal Kaand – Doha 1
Muda mangalamaya santa samāju | jo jaga jangama tirathrāju ||
मुद मंगलमय संत समाजू । जो जग जंगम तीरथराजू ॥
The assemblage of saints, whis is all joy and felicity, is a moving Prayaga (the king of all holy places) as it were.

Bal Kaand – Doha 30
Santa samāj payodhi ramā si | bisva bhāra bhara acala chamā si ||
संत समाज पयोधि रमा सी । बिस्व भार भर अचल छमा सी ॥
It flows from the assemblage of saints, even as Lakshmi (the goddess of wealth) sprang from the ocean; and like the immovable earth it bears the burden of the entire creation.
Katha 705 - मानस भगत शिरोमणि, वीरपुर, गुजरात - Manas Bhagat Siromani, Virpur, Gujarat 10th - 18th December 2011
Bal Kaand – Doha 25
Nārada jāneu nāma pratāpu | jaga priya hari hari hara priya āpu ||
Nāmu japata prabhu kinha prasādu | bhagata siromani bhe prahalādu ||
नारद जानेउ नाम प्रतापू । जग प्रिय हरि हरि हर प्रिय आपू ॥
नामु जपत प्रभु कीन्ह प्रसादू । भगत सिरोमनि भे प्रहलादू ॥
Narada realized the glory of the Name; that is why, while Sri Hari is beloved of the world (and Hara is dear to Sri Hari), he (Narada) is dear to Hari and Hara (Visnu and Shiva) both. It was because of his repeating the name that the Lord showered his grace on Prahalada, who thereby became the crest-jewel of devotees.
Katha 704 - मानस विवेक, कोलकाता, पश्चिम बंगाल - Manas Vivek, Kolkata, West Bengal 21st - 29th November 2011
Bal Kaand – Doha 2
Binu satasanga bibeka na hoi | rāma krupā binu sulabha nā soi ||
बिनु सतसंग बिबेक न होई । राम कृपा बिनु सुलभ न सोई ॥