🪷 Rāmcharitamānas · Araṇya-Kāṇḍa · Unit 4
The Book of the Forest · Numbered unit 4 of 46
Place in the Mānas
- Numbered unit 4 of 46 in Araṇya-Kāṇḍa (Kāṇḍa 3 of 7)
- Contained verse types: छंद
- Kāṇḍa theme: Forest-līlā · the ṛṣis' āśramas · Śūrpaṇakhā's ill-fated visit · Mārīca's golden-deer māyā · Sītā-haraṇa by Rāvaṇa · Jaṭāyu's last stand
Continue the Pāṭha
Browse the Araṇya-Kāṇḍa unit index and maṅgalācaraṇa, return to the seven-Kāṇḍa Mānas, or read the Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Sanskrit companion.
📚 Cite this unit · Academic citation formats
APA: Goswāmi Tulsidās. (n.d.). Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Araṇya-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 4. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-13, from https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/aranya-kand/4
Chicago: Goswāmi Tulsidās. "Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Araṇya-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 4." Vidhyāmitra. Accessed 2026-08-13. https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/aranya-kand/4.
MLA: Goswāmi Tulsidās. "Śrī Rāmcharitamānas Araṇya-Kāṇḍa numbered unit 4." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/aranya-kand/4.
Text address: https://vidhyamitra.com/ramcharitamanas/aranya-kand/4 · numbered unit from the pinned IIT Kanpur-derived witness released under the Unlicense.
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