Shri Ram Vijay Prastavna

Hello Friends,
As we Finished with Shri Shivlilamrit Grantha, herewith is another very popular gem written by Shridhar Swami, ShriRamVijay.
After Shri Hari VIjay, this is the second important grantha by Shri Shridhar Swami.
When he finished writing shriharivijay on second day of Margashirsha month in Shake 1624 (Margashirsha Shuddha Dwitiya, shake 1624), he imeediately started writing ShriRamVijay Grantha which has a narration of ShriRama's entire Shouryaful life and his victories. He completed the writing of Ramvijay Grantha on sunday, 7th day of Shravan month in Shake 1625. That means he took only 8 months and 5 days.
This Grantha has 40 chapters in all and 9147 stanzas.
Its written that before writing this grantha of ShriRamVijay, Shridhar Swami had studied total 19 Ramayanas from Sanskrit and Prakrut language along with Valmiki Ramayana, and it includes adhyatma ramayana, Brahmaramayana and anandramayana mainly.
Though valmiki Ramayana is supposed to be the main Ramayana, Shridhar Swami has included various interesting, entertaining stories from Ramayana to make it more interesting for readers.
He has used his expansive readings in incorporating the stories which makes reader to hang on the book.
Although, he has not done the writing for an entertainment, he wants the readers to use it for their own growth in spiritual journey.

Hope that this will guide all of us to move on with 'Sadachar' on our path of life.

श्री रामचन्द्र कृपालु
श्रीरामचन्द्र कृपालु भजु मन हरण भवभय दारुणम् .
नवकञ्ज लोचन कञ्ज मुखकर कञ्जपद कञ्जारुणम् .. १..

कंदर्प अगणित अमित छबि नव नील नीरज सुन्दरम् .
पटपीत मानहुं तड़ित रुचि सुचि नौमि जनक सुतावरम् .. २..

भजु दीन बन्धु दिनेश दानव दैत्यवंशनिकन्दनम् .
रघुनन्द आनंदकंद कोशल चन्द दशरथ नन्दनम् .. ३..

सिर मुकुट कुण्डल तिलक चारु उदार अङ्ग विभूषणम् .
आजानुभुज सर चापधर सङ्ग्राम जित खरदूषणम् .. ४..

इति वदति तुलसीदास शङ्कर शेष मुनि मनरञ्जनम् .
मम हृदयकञ्ज निवास कुरु कामादिखलदलमञ्जनम् .. ५