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title: "Aranya Kand"
canonical: "https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand"
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# Aranya Kand

46 dohas.

## Contents

- [Invocations](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/mangalacharan)
- [Jayanta’s mischief and punishment](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-1)
- [Meeting with sage Atri and his hymn of praise to Śrī Rāma](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-2)
- [Sītā’s meeting with Anasūyā (Atri’s wife) and the latter’s discourse on the duties of a devoted wife](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-4)
- [Śrī Rāma proceeds further and kills Virādha; the episode of the sage Śarabhaṅga](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-6b)
- [Śrī Rāma takes a vow to kill the demons](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-9)
- [Sutīkṣṇa’s love and Śrī Rāma’s meeting with the sage Agastya; dialogue with Agastya; Śrī Rāma’s entry into the Daṇḍaka forest and His meeting with Jaṭāyu](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-9)
- [Śrī Rāma takes up His abode at Pañcavaṭī; dialogue between Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-13)
- [The story of Śūrpaṇakhā; her approaching Khara, Dūṣaṇa and Triśirā for redress and their subsequent death at Śrī Rāma’s hands](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-16)
- [Śūrpaṇakhā approaches Rāvaṇa; Sītā enters into the fire leaving Her shadow behind](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-20b)
- [The episode of Mārīca and how he was killed in the form of a gold deer](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-22)
- [Sītā’s abduction and Her wailing](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-27)
- [The combat of Jaṭāyu with Rāvaṇa](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-28)
- [Śrī Rāma’s lament; His meeting with Jaṭāyu](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-29b)
- [Deliverance of Kabandha](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-32)
- [Grace on Śabarī; description of the nine forms of Devotion and departure for the Pampā lake](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-34)
- [Dialogue between the sage Nārada and Śrī Rāma](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-40)
- [The glory of hearing the praises of Śrī Rāma and an exhortation to cultivate fellowship with saints and practise adoration](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-44)

## Dohas

- [Invocation](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/mangalacharan)
- [Doha 1](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-1)
- [Doha 2](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-2)
- [Doha 3](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-3)
- [Doha 4](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-4)
- [Doha 5b](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-5b)
- [Doha 6b](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-6b)
- [Doha 7](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-7)
- [Doha 8](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-8)
- [Doha 9](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-9)
- [Doha 10](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-10)
- [Doha 11](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-11)
- [Doha 12](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-12)
- [Doha 13](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-13)
- [Doha 14](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-14)
- [Doha 15](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-15)
- [Doha 16](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-16)
- [Doha 17](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-17)
- [Doha 18](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-18)
- [Doha 19b](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-19b)
- [Doha 20b](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-20b)
- [Doha 21b](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-21b)
- [Doha 22](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-22)
- [Doha 23](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-23)
- [Doha 24](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-24)
- [Doha 25](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-25)
- [Doha 26](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-26)
- [Doha 27](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-27)
- [Doha 28](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-28)
- [Doha 29b](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-29b)
- [Doha 30](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-30)
- [Doha 31](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-31)
- [Doha 32](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-32)
- [Doha 33](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-33)
- [Doha 34](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-34)
- [Doha 35](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-35)
- [Doha 36](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-36)
- [Doha 37b](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-37b)
- [Doha 38b](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-38b)
- [Doha 39b](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-39b)
- [Doha 40](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-40)
- [Doha 41](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-41)
- [Doha 42b](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-42b)
- [Doha 43](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-43)
- [Doha 44](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-44)
- [Doha 45](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-45)
- [Doha 46b](https://ramayana.com/ramcharitmanas/aranya-kand/doha-46b)

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