Jagadguru Rambhadracharya (or Swami Rambhadracharya) is a Hindu religious leader, Sanskrit scholar and Katha artist based in Chitrakoot, India. His works consist of poems, commentaries, plays and musical compositions of his works, etc. He has authored more than 100 books and 50 papers, including four epic poems (two each in Sanskrit and Hindi), a Hindi commentary on Tulsidas' Ramcharitmanas, and Sanskrit commentaries on the Ashtadhyayi and the Prasthanatrayi scriptures.[1][2][3] Various audio and video recordings o his works have also been released. He writes in Sanskrit, Hindi, Awadhi, Maithili, and several other languages.[4][5][6]
Epic poem consisting of 2,121 verses composed in 40 Sanskrit and Prakrit metres, divided into 21 cantos of 101 verses each, with a Hindi commentary by the poet. Recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit, Ramkrishna Jaidayal Dalmia Shreevani Alankaran, Banabhatta Award and Vachaspati Award.
Epic poem composed in 864 verses divided into 8 cantos of 108 verses each. This epic narrates the story of the seer Ashtavakra, who is presented as the flag bearer of the disabled.
Sanskrit lyrical epic poem, narrating the Ramayana in 1,008 Sanskrit songs divided into 28 cantos of 36 songs each, based on traditional folk music tunes.
Consisting of 501 verses divided in two parts and composed entirely in the Mandākrāntā metre, this minor poem describes the message sent by Rama via a bumblebee, residing on the Pravarṣaṇa mountain in Kishkindha, to his wife Sita, who is held captive by Ravana in Lanka.
Poem in eight Śikhariṇī metres, eulogising the birth of Rama by comparing infant Rama via eight Utprekṣā figures of speech respectively to the moon, a dark cloud, the ocean, an emerald, a Tamāla tree, Kamadeva, a blue lotus, and a bumblebee. With an Awadhi poetic translation and Hindi commentary by the poet.
A Rītikāvya (Procedural–era Hindi poem), consisting of 327 assorted verses, divided in three parts of 109 verses each, composed in six Prakrit metres. The verses describe different activities of the child forms of Sita and Rama.
A suprabhatam (hymn sung at dawn) addressed to Sita and Rama, consisting of 40 verses composed in 8 Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 24 Vasantatilakā, 4 Sragdharā, and 4 Mālinī metres. With a Hindi translation by the poet.
Rambhadracharya composed Sanskrit commentaries titled Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam on the Prasthanatrayi – Brahma Sutra, the Bhagavad Gita, and eleven Upanishads. These commentaries were released on 10 April 1998 by the then Prime Minister of India, Atal Behari Vajpayee.[2][21] Rambhadracharya composed Śrīrāghavakṛpābhāṣyam on Narada Bhakti Sutra in 1991. He thus revived—after five hundred years—the tradition of Sanskrit commentaries on the Prasthanatrayi. He also gave the Ramananda Sampradaya its second commentary on Prasthanatrayi in Sanskrit, the first being the Ānandabhāṣyam, composed by Ramananda himself.[22][23] Rambhadracharya's commentary in Sanskrit on the Prasthanatrayi was the first written in almost 600 years.[22]
Rambhadracharya's most controversial work was the critical edition of the Ramcharitmanas, which was published as the Tulsi Peeth edition.[24] He was accused of tampering with the epic,[24][25] but the dispute died down after Rambhadracharya expressed his regret for any annoyance or pain caused by the publication.[26] A writ petition was also filed against him but it was dismissed.[1] This edition was published in 2005 by Shri Tulsi Peeth Seva Nyas.[2][11]
Audio and video
Year
Title
Language
Publisher
Summary
Notes
2001
Bhajana Sarayū (भजन सरयू)
Hindi
Yuki Cassettes, Delhi
Audio CD with eight Bhajans (devotional hymns) devoted to Rama. Composed, set to music, and sung by Rambhadracharya.
^ ab"वाचस्पति पुरस्कार २००७" [Vachaspati Award 2007] (PDF) (in Hindi). K. K. Birla Foundation. Archived from the original(PDF) on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
^ abLok Sabha, The Office of Speaker. "Speeches". Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011. Swami Rambhadracharya ... is a celebrated Sanskrit scholar and educationist of great merit and achievement ... His academic accomplishments are many and several prestigious Universities have conferred their honorary degrees on him. A polyglot, he has composed poems in many Indian languages. He has also authored about 75 books on diverse themes having a bearing on our culture, heritage, traditions and philosophy which have received appreciation. A builder of several institutions, he started the Vikalanga Vishwavidyalaya at Chitrakoot, of which he is the lifelong Chancellor.
^"वक्ताओं ने कही अपनी बात" [Orators speak out their views]. Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). 25 November 2010. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
^Rambhadracharya, Jagadguru (14 January 2009). Śrīsītārāmasuprabhātam [The beautiful dawn of Sita and Rama] (in Sanskrit). Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh, India: Jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University.
^ abCorrespondent, Chitrakuta (12 January 2011). "श्री सीता राम विवाह के आनंदित क्षणों मे झूमे भक्त" [Devotees dance in the blissful moments of the marriage of Sita and Rama]. Jagran Yahoo. Archived from the original on 22 September 2011. Retrieved 12 July 2011. हरिद्वार से आये आचार्य चंद्र दत्त सुवेदी ने कहा कि प्रस्थानत्रयी पर सबसे पहले भाष्य आचार्य शंकर ने लिखा और अब वल्लभाचार्य के छह सौ [sic] साल बाद जगद्गुरु स्वामी राम भद्राचार्य जी ने लिखा। (Acharya Chandra Dutt Subedi from Haridvar said that the first commentary on Prasthanatrayi was composed by Shankaracahrya, and now Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracahrya composed a commentary six hundred [sic] years after Vallabhacharya.)
^Dwivedi, Hazari Prasad (2007) [August 1981]. Dwivedi, Mukund (ed.). हज़ारी प्रसाद द्विवेदी ग्रन्थावली ३ [The Complete Works of Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Volume 3] (in Hindi) (3rd corrected and extended ed.). New Delhi, India: Rajkamal Publication Pvt Ltd. pp. 315–317. ISBN9788126713585.
^"रामचरित मानस से जुड़ा विवाद गहराया" [Dispute associated with Ramcharitmanas deepens]. Webdunia (in Hindi). 3 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
^"रामभद्राचार्य के खेद जताने से संत पड़े ठंडे" [Saints calm down after Rambhadracharya expresses regret]. Webdunia (in Hindi). 9 November 2009. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
^Rambhadracharya, Swami (Lyricist, Musician and Singer) (2001). Bhajana Sarayū [The river Sarayu of devotion] (CD) (in Hindi). Delhi, India: Yuki Cassettes. YCD-119.
^Rambhadracharya, Swami (Lyricist, Musician and Singer) (2001). Bhajana Yamunā [The river Yamuna of devotion] (CD) (in Hindi). Delhi, India: Yuki Cassettes. YCD-120.
^Rambhadracharya, Swami (Musician and Singer) (2009). Śrī Hanumat Bhakti [Devotion to Hanuman] (CD) (in Hindi). New Delhi, India: Kuber Music. KMCN-13.
^Rambhadracharya, Swami (Lyricist, Musician and Singer) (2009). Śrīsītārāmasuprabhātam [The beautiful dawn of Sita and Rama] (CD) (in Sanskrit). Delhi, India: Yuki Cassettes. YCD-155.
^Rambhadracharya, Swami (Speaker, Musician and Singer) (2009). Sundara Kāṇḍa [The Sundar Kand] (DVD) (in Hindi). Delhi, India: Yuki Cassettes. DVD-2020.
Works cited
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Nagar, Shanti Lal (2002). Sharma, Acharya Divakar; Goyal, Siva Kumar; Susila, Surendra Sharma (eds.). The Holy Journey of a Divine Saint: Being the English Rendering of Swarnayatra Abhinandan Granth (First, Hardback ed.). New Delhi, India: B. R. Publishing Corporation. ISBN81-7646-288-8.
Chandra, R. (September 2008). "सम्मान और पुरस्कार" [Honours and Awards]. Kranti Bharat Samachar (in Hindi). 8 (11). Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India: Rajesh Chandra Pandey. RNI No. 2000, UPHIN 2638.
