The source chaupais behind Shri Ramayana Shalaka Prashnavali

These are the 8 full source chaupais behind the 9 answer lines used in Shri Ramayana Shalaka Prashnavali. Read each one with audio, context, and meaning.
Goswami Tulsidas, adorned with a shikha and tilak, writing Shri Ramcharitmanas by a serene river
9 answer lines, 8 source chaupais

Do not read these chaupais in isolation, read them with full context

Every answer in Shri Ram Shalaka Prashnavali ultimately comes from 9 answer lines drawn from 8 source chaupais. This page helps you understand the devotional, literary, and practical context behind those answers instead of reading them as isolated lines.
  • One answer system, one shared source
    All answers in the Shalaka experience come from these selected verses, so becoming familiar with them makes the overall guidance clearer over time.
  • Context changes understanding
    A verse becomes much easier to interpret when you know where it appears in Shri Ramcharitmanas and in what situation it is spoken.
  • Read, listen, and reflect
    Audio, context, and meaning together create a calmer and more complete way to receive the answer instead of reading it in haste.

The 8 source chaupais behind the answers

This page shows the 8 full source chaupais used in the Shalaka answers. One full chaupai powers two different answer lines, so it can still appear through two separate answer pages when you arrive from the grid.
1. सुनु सिय सत्य असीस हमारी। पूजिहि मन कामना तुम्हारी॥ नारद बचन सदा सुचि साचा। सो बरु मिलिहि जाहिं मनु राचा॥
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2. प्रबिसि नगर कीजे सब काजा। हृदयँ राखि कोसलपुर राजा॥ गरल सुधा रिपु करहिं मिताई। गोपद सिंधु अनल सितलाई॥
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3. लखि सुबेष जग बंचक जेऊ। बेष प्रताप पूजिअहिं तेऊ॥ उघरहिं अंत न होइ निबाहू। कालनेमि जिमि रावन राहू॥
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4. सठ सुधरहिं सतसंगति पाई। पारस परस कुधात सुहाई॥ बिधि बस सुजन कुसंगत परहीं। फनि मनि सम निज गुन अनुसरहीं॥
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5. होइहि सोइ जो राम रचि राखा। को करि तर्क बढ़ावै साखा॥ अस कहि लगे जपन हरिनामा। गईं सती जहँ प्रभु सुखधामा॥
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6. मुद मंगलमय संत समाजू। जो जग जंगम तीरथराजू॥ राम भक्ति जहँ सुरसरि धारा। सरसइ ब्रह्म बिचार प्रचारा॥
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7. बरुन कुबेर सुरेस समीरा। रन सन्मुख धरि काहुँ न धीरा॥ भुजबल जितेहु काल जम साईं। आजु परेहु अनाथ की नाईं॥
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8. सुमन पाइ मुनि पूजा कीन्ही। पुनि असीस दुहु भाइन्ह दीन्ही॥ सुफल मनोरथ होहुँ तुम्हारे। रामु लखनु सुनि भय सुखारे॥
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