Which Version of Ramayana is Authentic? Unveiling the Truth Behind the Epic by Dushyanth Sridhar

[@SV-wu2my]

This is what needs to be taught in schools. Our epics have so much in-depth knowledge that needs to be revealed to the world.

[@DharmYogi]

If not school then our temples should do ramayan paath and Gita paath

[@Mahadevan760]

Mr. Iyer, I am an ardent follower of PGurus channel, but this one is fantastic, unbelievable !!!!!!This man, Dhushyanth Sridhar's knowledge of the Ramayana, by various authors, is unbelievable, he seems to have spent his life time, studying all these various versions. In my opinion, this is the best one, of PGurus, kudos, to the both of you.

[@SV-wu2my]

Agree. One life is not enough to read and understand the entire Valmiki Ramayana, which consists of 24024 slokas. Even Kamba Ramayana is as vast as Valmiki Ramayana with a more poetic style. Bhartvarsh epic is vast and is a research material for many lives.

[@anandpandeya5727]

Such thorough research on Ramayana is highly commendable. Kudos to Mr. S. Iyer for this episode.

[@ramakrishnanrangan6493]

Sri Dushyanth Sridhar is really a gifted. What a sound knowledge; commentary of words; with a flow of language; linking ithihasa and puranas with high order; smartly taking references from various resources; with his brilliant memory; excellent summarising for the question asked. Great Applause for his dedication, hard work, very apt to the latest generation to spread the values of the sanadhana dharma. But, surprisingly many give ugly comments without evaluating honestly. It is highly regretable

[@kassyapasaikkiya464]

Love Dushyanth can watch / listen to him in English/ Tamil languages ❤from Sydney; I am so blessed to listen to this amazing human

[@rameshparthasarathy4664]

Dushyant Sridhar, as always, is an excellent narrator.

[@Beau007us]

Mind blowing information! The Ramayana has always intrigued me and as a Catholic born in India now living in US, this opens my mind about the rich cultural and religious heritage of my homeland.

[@nogag8219]

Looks like u enjoy hearing false stories. Marvel comic books are more fun to read than primitive ramayana.

[@OptimisticOstrich-sd9nt]

What abt rama bridge,If as scientists say it is a natural coral bridge,why second long natural coral bridge that exists is not even 500 mtrs long?,lol

[@avtararora5627]

Great best lovely regarding Ramayana

[@User01029]

Dushyanth Sridhar is very intelligent and his service to Lord Ram is great

[@sampathkumarkandadai413]

Every word in the Ramayanam is perfect and true. No hindu will question it.

[@cr8701]

Sri Iyer Sir, thank you for this spiritual discourse by an expert sri Sridhar. Jai Sanaathana Dharma

[@ajaisingh2462]

Thank you Sree ji for bringing up this subject with Dushyanth Sridhar and his fantastic exposition. This is one podcast I am saving and sharing for posterity

[@deivikaramperumal1905]

Great learning from Shri. Sridhar on Ramayana and its interpretation of historical details of places and people associated with the epic. But for him explanaining such vivid details we will be so much poorer about our own scriptures. Thank you Shri. Iyer for inviting such a great Scholar Shri Shridhar. We are truly blessed by you, both.

[@jayanthikeshav8224]

Today I was at the top of the world, thank you Pgurus for having Dushyanth Sridhar ji on your show, it was such a emotional interpretation... I just finished reading his latest book on Ramayana

[@shekarmathur]

Very nice to see Dushyanth ji in your channel. I hope you will be able to conduct more such talks with Dushyanth ji.

[@srikalarengarajan3119]

Such clear explanation 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@VEDIC2627]

Very nice topic. Only few people might be knowing. Thanks

[@goodysri]

Amazing shree ji - to bring dushyanth with great information

[@PGurus1]

Thanks a ton

[@ramaswamysrinivasan8724]

Thank you Sri Iyer Ji for presenting this excellent, exciting conversations 🙏

[@kiranobiee]

Thank You Sri Ayyer Jee... Yesterday only, I was thinking the same, which one I can read and teach to my kids

[@pushpaprasaad9913]

Abba!!!!, amazing knowledge of Sri Dushyant Sridhar

[@bipinchandraharbola8036]

Thanks a lot Sridhar Sir for information incomparable. 🙏🙏🙏

[@vaniprasad6301]

Sree Sir with due respect to u, all said & done, YINNA SEIDHAARAI ORUTHAL AVAR NAANA NANNAYAM SEIDHU VIDAL. People trying to hit back with revenge, particularly when a person is in distress...it pains. Meaning of Sanatanam / true Sanatani is forgive & forget & always grab every opportunity to do good to others

[@guhamurugan8671]

I respect Dushyant-ji. But he should realize the impact of his words and promote unity amongst Hindus. In his narration of Agrepashyami, he was a tad condescending of Lord Shiva, which sadly reveals his pettiness. Fact is, he or any vedic scholars will never equal the level of knowledge of the Vedic Trinity Gods and Goddesses. It is best to know this and be humble. Humans should not cause division when Gods themselves are united.

[@cssuntherrao]

All those who wrote the different versions of the Ramayana in regional languages like Kamban, Tulsidas had drawn imspiration from the original which is the Valmiki Ramayana.

[@gamersgalore6534]

Excellent show. Would love if we can get more such shows on our culture and heritage.

[@krishnamoorthysriramulured8620]

Great great presentation Sree sir,

[@raonr]

Superb explanation by Dhusyant Sridhar.. look forward to the next episode..

[@72.72.]

Very intrinsic information about the ithihasa:ikshwaka pathways..

[@BasantiDevi-z5p]

I am Dr. Basanti Devi, a linguist by profession( retired from service now). I have found this discussion very enlightening. I have already listened to Mr Dushyanth Sridhar's talks on Ramayana several times. I possess a copy of his Ramayanam Vol I and have enjoyed reading it. But I feel sad to notice that The Assamese Ramayana composed by Madhava Kandali in the fourteenth century does not find a place in the discussions. This Ramayana is much older than Tulsidas's Ramayana. ''Madhava Kandali's Ramayana is not just a literal translation of Valmiki text but a broadly faithful version of it, with several abridgements, embellishments and omissions'( Tilottama Misra in Sita's Voice in the Assamese Ramayana) Somehow, Indian scholars do not mention this version of Ramayana but several western scholars have discussed it( for example Sheldon Pollock in his book The Language of the Gods in the World of Men:Sanskrit,Culture and Power in Premodern India)

Please make a detailed interview with DR SUBRAMANIUM SWAMY, BJP leader, Ex Harvard University professor and Rajya sabha member who is very knowledgable on economy, Foriegn affairs, Defence, Industry, Agriculture etc. A great intellectual and very honest person. People love to watch his videos. Make an interview with him please..Thanks.

[@mythilir.n733]

That was very interesting and revealing

[@sureshkumar-sd9nw]

Wish you a Merry Christmas. 🎅☃️🎄✝️🎄☃️🎅

[@bluntbob6723]

Christmas is a stolen festival.

[@rolapack]

OMG…Sriji what did you ask??? Two little questions & a 20 minutes explanation.This man Dushyant is a “treasure trove” of anything to do with Sanathana Dharma. Now after my retirement, I have been hearing every little KZbin clip which he brings out. I would request you to change the title under his name to: Vedic Scholar/ Author 🙏

[@ceeness5334]

Wow❤ Hope you get an Interview of Prof.Shanmugavel Ayya of Thiruvavuduthrai Atheenam, who is similar to Sri.Dushyanth but for Saiva Sidhatntha and he is good in English and Tamil it will be nice to get enlightened through these gifted great scholars of our Times 🎉 Please try to get that interview as well

[@jahnwishnandini4432]

Jaisriram 🎉jaibhart 🎉Har Har mahadev 🎉🎉🎉

[@venkatsaibaba2543]

Superb ❤

[@StopCensoringTheTruth]

Simple Valmiki Ramayana should be the one to be followed … Rest are adoptions just like remakes/remasters/dubs of movies

[@KajanLakhan]

😊 Hanuman [more correct name Maruti or Sundar] probably wrote it on the bhojpatra[a tree bark] *Jai Shri Ram Lakhan Sita and Hanuman* 🙏🏽

[@sdashtoorkar4125]

Excellent commentary 👍

[@rathira4795]

Please avoid taking anymore interview with Dhusyanth . He has only half knowledge. Brahmam is only one as per our Sanadana dharma. But he differentiates even Vadakalai and Thenjalai. We highly suspect he becomes a paid slaves of DK, DMK and other Hindu hating forces He never open his mouth when DMK party members including Udhayanidhi said Sanadana dharma is like dengue and malaria. But now he against Rangaraj from Sri Rangam who fight for our temples. Rangaraj may not be right all the time. But being a Hindu we must unite and oppose Hindu haters. Instead fight ourselves

[@raghavendrams7018]

Sri Madhwacharya quoted existance of Moola Ramayana. He wrote tatparya on Ramayana also in his Mahabharat Tatparya Nirnaya (MBTN). Sri Narayana Panditachrya wrote Sangraha Ramayana.

[@Saraswati.MSarasa]

Jaya Shri rama 🙏👍❤️

[@shrutiChandak74]

Namaskar Shreeji and Sridharji 🙏💐

[@raghunathansrinivasaraghav6455]

In Raamayana , when Valmiki asks Naradha how he can write such an epic about a person alive, Naradha says everything that happened will be made known to you. रहस्यं च प्रकाशं च यद् वृत्तं तस्य धीमतः। Hence Valmiki's version is more authentic.

[@factchecker2090]

The problem with homo sapiens is that Intellectuals want to leave their mark b4 they go for posterity name and fame and each one will come up with his own interpretations and fiercely defend it and demean other interpretations out of EGO. In fact some have gone on to insert interpolations and deletions in our ancient literature due to maybe various social politiical reasons during their lifetime. Another major problem is Indian Sanskrit Scholars have failed to translate Sanskrit Literature into local languages or into English so Indians have to depend on phoren scholars for translations who do not have the grounding and cultural background to translate Sanskrit.

[@_wokeweaklingscryoverwords_]

Exactly. The so called "Foreign Interpreters" are some of the biggest liars and opportunists. Good at twisting history to suit their own agendas.

[@narayananpalakodev5088]

Hare Srinivasa... if you say Valmiki Ramayanan is only Pramana.. then whey Dushyant Sridhar not taking ..Ramayana Kala provided by Ramayanam itself as point of reference... ?

[@User01029]

Because the verse that mentions that time line is contentious which is in Uttarakanda. That verse has multiple interpretations by different commentators. That’s why

[@hgnagananda1975]

Madhwacharya doesn’t expressly recognise Valmiki Ramayana, neither he denies it. However He specifically quotes Moola Ramayana which is was a grantha of 1 crores shlokas.

[@mythilir.n733]

Namaskarams sriji

[@_wokeweaklingscryoverwords_]

There are multiple version of Ramayana. Ayodhya Kingdom in the North, Kiskindha Kingdom of the South, Lanka etc were all real places. Even the Ancient Bridge which connects the Southern Tip of Bharat to the Northern Tip of Lanka is real. An Islamic historian who showed up in Bharat around 1200 A.D called it the “Adam’s Bridge” without knowing about it’s TRUE History.

[@ArunArun-qx9km]

Ram Ram

[@factchecker2090]

Shree, Why dont u also invite the duo of Nilesh Oak and Rupa Bhaty on ur podcast who have come up with timelines for both Ramayana and Mahabharata and also the Rg Veda ans Surya Siddhanta.

[@sunilfauji]

Jai Shri Ram

[@amala_bhakthi]

Mr Shree Iyer, what was the need for the discussion, especially when the main person (Mr Rangarajan Narashiman) who challenged the position is being wrongfully confined by the an autocratic dictatorship in Tamilnadu . Moreover he has no knowledge of Ramayana from its original source . He is being referred as Vedic scholar, which by any counts is true. he never attended Veda patasalai.moreover he was denounced by his own Vidya Guru with reference the position of Ramayana which he tries brag about . He was silent for the last year since his original publication. I doubt how come your currency had also been painted in black. He is neither a Vedic person nor an honest scholar in any sense. If he chooses to adhere to Christian Science , then he should not sit on Vyasa Peeta and do pravachan. A layman with no power , I can only unsubscribe to register my protest.

[@siyer65]

Hare Rama

[@subramanianr.radhakrishnan1888]

Good information

[@govardhan.rchari5419]

Sir, Srimad Ramayana is an Iti-ha-sa (It thus happened) written in Samskrut. It’s a biography, written by Valmiki during his lifetime. It is, therefore, the original and authentic version and the rest of all the Ramayana’s are called Kavya or poetry in Samskrut. The poetry being a subjective work, the poet is allowed the liberty to deviate from the original work or text and give a different version of the personalities and events based on his/her feelings, thoughts and perception.

[@seanbellfort2298]

🫡🇮🇳🫡🕉️🫡 It's time the Hindus must must must at the earliest form a Supreme Council for Hindu Affairs to foster, nurture, safeguard and secure and promote Hindus within and across the world ....my grandpa always told me one vision, one mission and one surgical proactive assertive action is the only winning path. 😂We still do not know which Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagavad-Gita version is the authentic one. Time to smarten up now now now if not the toxic alien culture will humilate Hindus in every way, as which is currently going on. Jai Sri Ram ❤ Jai Hind

[@annamalairamanathan2486]

Kamba Ramayana is after 1200 BCE , 800 years at the most and not 1200 years old. Manipravaalam is not judicial combination but an adultery of Sanskrit with Tamil by Vaishnavites.

[@anantha05]

Good effort from pg gurus. Books version epic edhigasam from loose, 3d reality and truth is the existence of rivers and villages cities under water at south gujarat and cities under kaverj pool lattinuum to deficit stone carvings and geological age of theosew igneous formations. The Southern hemisphere has recorded stone artifacts for temples

[@bluntbob6723]

Valmiki Ramayana is most authentic.

[@_wokeweaklingscryoverwords_]

Ramayana is mentioned in the Mahabharat which happened thousands of years after the Pre-Historic War in Lanka. So the Ramayana War is WAY older than the Mahabharat. It happened in the Treta Yuga. Kali Yuga began during the Mahabharat. Most of the Wars on Earth started in the Kali Yuga. It got worse from there.

[@suchita52]

One question- it’s said Ravan was cursed if he touched or forced any woman to take, his head would split into 1000 pieces. How did he kidnap her?

[@parthasarathygovindarajan9004]

I'm an ardent follower of p. Guru's channel. I am not able to digest the fact that Sree iyer without any due diligence has started believing this man as a Sanathani. He is pseudo Sanathani and he has to be rejected with contempt.

[@_wokeweaklingscryoverwords_]

There's no such thing called a Perfect Sanatani.

[@silverghost5752]

300 plus Ramayanas are known .Read AK Ramanujan's wonderful essay on the subject.

[@anantha05]

Open-ended questions: Which version or author is authentic ? Valmiki wrote his version during ramayana itself, which is very difficult to say it for one sentence

[@gayathriramaswamy1933]

Unable to view the 3rd question and answer

[@ASHOKASHTEKAR-b1g]

Supra......

[@s.damodarreddy9396]

🙏🙏👍

[@vedanaryanan7110]

If I am not mistaken it was not Valmiki who tore that one verse embedding Ramayana but Hanuman

[@balasrin]

As per our sastras, satya yuga lasts 1728000 years, treta yuga is about 1296000 years, dwapara yuga is about 864000 years and kaliyuga is about 432000 years and we are only 5000 years into kaliyuga. Our sastaras indicate Ramayana happened in treta yuga which is atleast two yugas before kaliyua. That being the case how can one state ramayana is only 5000 years old. I think we are trying too hard to fit our sastras into western narrative of time. While research into our sastras are always welcome, one should be cognizant of the timescale and subtle need to fit into our current understanding of time and space.

[@lakshmanprasad2798]

Sage Valmiki's Srimad Ramayana and Bhagavad Veda Vyasa's Mahabharata are absolute truths, most authentic, original and ultimate. No arguments about that.

[@bharatsreerama]

🙏🙏🙏

[@nageswarasastry6150]

Valmiki Ramayana (minus 15th sarga and some shlokas in 16th sarga and entire Uttarakanda) is the correct version of Ramayana . It is my personal opinion.

[@kumardrckr]

There is one lady Molla in telugu wrote Ramayana. Akin to Godadevi, but never revered for her caste. The vasanas of Rakshasas are so strong in Southern Brahmins, they come out with a proverb in telugu, the monkey that spoiled itself destroyed the garden.

[@praveendharwadkar3428]

Thank you very much for this video. But when it comes to dating of Ramayan and Mahabharat Shri Nilesh Oak has done lots and lots of research and found hundreds of evidence (Astronomy evidence)on dating. So it's an humble request to do a program with Shri Nilesh Oak so that your wide & diversified audience can get the information on dating of Ramayan and Mahabharat. Jai Maa Bharati 🙏

[@sankarankarakad7946]

Incidentally there is series in Malayalam comparing Ramaya going on

[@narasimhamurthy6813]

As Mr Dushyant told. Sri Valmiki Ramayana is authentic. Sri Narada maharshi breifly told Valmiki who later wrote elaborately is about 24000 slokas.

[@madhukurada]

Sir There is one more Ramayana in Telugu by Jnanapeeth Awarde Winner Sri Viswanadha Satyanarayana

[@Saraswati.MSarasa]

Your says everyone not ramayana on that time becuse you will says Tamilnadu political says on that time sir 🥰

[@lailarafiq123]

*can truths have many versions?*

[@muktasharma8656]

Jai Shri Ram 🎉 Dushyant Sridhar has true vedic scholarship, I read the Ramayan which he's has published. Waiting eagerly for the Final part.

[@ajaisingh2462]

What happened to the third question?

[@jasonvoorheese666]

" but I asked you just like that bro " says a dazed iyer to himself , after the video got over ! 😁🙃

[@anantha05]

About 200 500 is this priced for history books and historians .was there no preface written for those books and missing authors for us to claim age for ramayana and authors who have written those books including naradha muniey

[@biswanathacharya2887]

This question that which version is authentic is an irrelevant question.

[@kishorethampy8485]

Formidable but impossible for mere mortals to absorb

[@Mahadevan760]

You have forgotten Ramayana, by C.Rajagopalachary, in English !!!!

[@silverghost5752]

😅Joking . Right?

[@ramachandrannagarajan6795]

No joke. Rajajis ramayan came just when dravidiyas were confusing people about puri ancients. We need another Rajaji to put these dushmans in their place

[@silverghost5752]

@@ramachandrannagarajan6795 It's only a condensed, popular English translation!!

[@sukirthasukirtha4416]

So ds dont belive valmiki and when the dates as per ds sankalapam will change and the software is also incorrect, by the way did he asked or discussed with his gurus or seniors

[@shyamdadhich-j5j]

Laxman rekha is not in Tulsidas Ramayan but in Valmik Ramayan.

[@nageswarasastry6150]

No Lakshman rekha in Valmiki Ramayan.

[@User01029]

No Lakshman Rekha in either of the Ramayana. Some Bengali version has I think

[@SrikanthIyerTheMariner]

Devdutt Pattnaik version is most authentic 😂

[@narenmenon6906]

Valmiki showed disrespect to Dravidians. Hanuman was NOT a [mere] monkey!🤗 Hanuman was a South Indian King from a very advanced culture and Civilization who knelt before Sri Raman. That is all I need to know! But I can accept contempt for our dark skin from today's North Indian Brothers and Sisters!🙃😊😉😅😒 Also, when Hanuman was trying to chase Yamaraj away, Sri Raman dropped his wedding ring into a "Rabbit Hole". Thus distracted by his new task, Hanuman dives in only to find an infinite pile of identical rings. So it falls to reason that must also be an INFINITE number of versions of Ramayanams. Perhaps the Kamban Ramayanam is one such. Perhaps written earlier, or later? And perhaps they are all of EQUAL ANTIQUITY! Is there such a thing is TIME & SPACE in the sacred realms? I will not be surprised to find a Greek Version, and a a South Pacific Version. and so on. Or from Atlantis, a city that has been swallowed by the floods, eh? Let US STOP gazing at our navels. CHERISH WHAT WE HAVE!

[@narenmenon6906]

Ram Leela is performed in every village in UP. Sometimes, Sri Rama's role is played by a Muslirn!!!

[@_wokeweaklingscryoverwords_]

My Grandfather from the South looks like Lord Hanuman. He must be descended from the Vanara Clan which lived in the South. The Vanaras who ruled over the Ancient Kiskindha Kingdom had Supernatural Powers and Extra-Ordinary Strength. Only People with Extra-Ordinary Powers can Stone Bridge over the Sea 48 Kilometers long. Back then there weren’t any Modern Day Machinery.

[@chitrac4399]

He is confusing the ppl. If Ramayana is only the number of years old that this person mentions, then stop saying the sankalpam.

[@_wokeweaklingscryoverwords_]

Liberandus don't even know their own ancestral history. They think their history began after Christianity, Islam and Communism was introduced to them. Christianity was formed 2000 years ago. Islam was formed 1400 years ago and Communism was formed 120 years ago. Ramayana is thousands of years older than all of them.

[@mohamedkassim291]

Rich history

[@_wokeweaklingscryoverwords_]

I thought Lord Hanuman was the one who told Valmiki about the Ramayana when Valmiki was in the Himalayas.

[@User01029]

It was Naradha and before that Brahma

[@_wokeweaklingscryoverwords_]

@@User01029 Sage Valmiki did meet Sage Naradha once.

[@Saraswati.MSarasa]

Iwill not Ramayana Mahabharata not tacking on that time sir Tamilnadu political party to says on that time 🙏

[@ramdas.dalawai]

Dushyanth is not trustworthy

[@baijubhaskaran2839]

The original Ramayana occurance narrated by Maharshi Valmiki, ends when Shree Ram and Sita returns to Ayodhya after defeating Ravan. All the incidents that are included after this are fake narratives which were inserted to insult Sanathana Dharma.

[@CharlieSingh-n1s]

Who cares about which version of the Ramayana represents the truth? The Ramayana is an allegory or a story, written by Valmiki and Tulsidas using the sacred truths of the Upanishads; thus, its characters are not real people as Ram and Sita are just characters in his poem. Sage Vyasa’s brilliant Bhagavat Gita is also an allegory, so Krishna and Arjuna are not real people but characters in a poem. The brahmins/pandits/gurus are the ones interested in presenting a story as truth. Why did the brahmins/bandits/gurus, with control of the narrative of the sacred truths of the Upanishads, use these two allegories to present character Krishna/Ram as a gods/lords, fooling over a billion people in the world? They are clearly not gods/lords but characters in allegories. The brahmins/bandits/gurus saw opportunities to secure their status as top of the caste system and slowing India’s growth for over 3,000 years. The brahmins/bandits/gurus has facilitated the destruction of India (facilitation of the Mughal conquer and British divide and conquer as the caste system divides people already), and continues to do so today by controlling the narrative with their news media.