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Rāmāyaṇa



              within  India  also  about  the  pastimes  of  the  Supreme
              Lord. This bhakti revival has been brought about largely
              due to the efforts of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta
              Swami  Śrīla  Prabhupāda,  the  Founder-Ācārya of the
              International  Society  for  Krishna  Consciousness,  and
          the  prime  exponent  of  bhakti  in  the  modern  age.  Śrīla
          Prabhupāda  elaborately  described  the  pastimes  of  Kṛṣṇa
          in his writings, and also wished that the pastimes of Lord
          Rāma be widely broadcast.

            Regarding seeing your book on Lord Rāmacandra partly
            translated into English, I am very much eager to see it. I
            have to translate all the Purānas, Rāmāyaṇa, Mahābharata,
            and  many  other  theistic  literatures  left  by  the  Gauḍīya
            Vaiṣṇavas. I have a great desire to translate the Vālmīki
            Rāmāyaṇa because that is authorized. It appears that in
            the Western  countries  there  is  a  great  demand  for  real
            knowledge  of  Vedic  literature.  So  you  are  a  learned
            scholar both in English and Hindi, and you can do this
            completely devoted to the service of Lord Rāmacandra.
            (Letter from Śrīla Prabhupāda to Dinanatha N. Mishra,
            26 July, 1975)

             Rāmāyaṇa  was  originally  composed  in  Sanskrit  by  the
          great sage Vālmīki, and later many versions were composed
          in the vernacular languages of India. Unfortunately, many
          of the translators and commentators did not come in the
          pure  devotional  lineage  of Vālmīki,  and  introduced  many
          Introduction misconceptions and speculations about Lord
          Rāma  in  their  works.  As  a  result,  the  pristine  position  of
          Lord Rāma as the Supreme Absolute Truth Personality of
          Godhead remains hidden to the readers of such texts.
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