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Aditya Jalan

In this course, Aditya has discussed the complete Balkand of Rameshwar Charit Mithila Ramayan by Mahakavi Laldas.

Hindi

(Hindi) Know about Maithili | Balkand | LalDas

Literature

UPSC - Civil Services Examination (IAS) Preparation

Overall explanation of Balkand, it's contents, series of events. General idea

Introduction (in Hindi)

Shakti ki avtaar 10 mahavidya aur vishnu ke dashavtar ki mahima

Balkand Part 1 (in Hindi)

Sita ram Hanumaan balmiki ke naam ki mahima

Balkand Part 2 (in Hindi)

Balkand Part 3 (in Hindi)

Ramayan summary end. Prithvi and devta plead to brahma. Asur increasing

Balkand Part 4 (in Hindi)

Devta prithvi and vishnu talks. Devta taking birth as monkeys

Balkand Part 5 (in Hindi)

Balkand Part 6 (in Hindi)

Ram Janma. Part of couplets asked in UPSC

Balkand Part 7 (in Hindi)

Balkand Part 8 (in Hindi)

Sita janm. Few lines from here have been asked in UPSC

Balkand Part 9 (in Hindi)

Narad Janak Samvaad
Janak Parshuram Samvad

Balkand 10

One long and one short question, as they came from Balkans in UPSC mains 2016

Laldaas 2016 UPSC Question (in Hindi)

Sita marriage planning invitation arrangement
Ram childhood

Balkand 11

Dashrath vishwamitra samvaad
Ram lakshman kaushik van gaman

Balkand 12

Ram laxman vishwamitra
Tadaka and other demons killed
Invitation from Mithila

Balkand 13

Son river, Koshi river and Ganga river description to Ram by Vishwamitra

Balkand 14

Mithila description
Gautam ahalya indra episode

Balkand 15

Ahalya uddhar
Khet nagar visit description

Balkand 16

Mithila description continued. Ram lakshman reach the city of Janakpur. All devata reincarnated as humans in Mithila - happy

Balkand 17

Mithila description continued.
Story of Pinaak

Balkand 18

Pushp - vatika
Ram and lakshman
Sita with her friends
Ram gazing Sita

Balkand 19

Sita Ram looking at each other
Sita worships Gauri
Sita leaves vatika
Ram feels heart broken, crying
Ram worships Gauri
Ram Lakshman returns
They arrange flowers, fruits, deep etc for Kaushik to worship

Balkand 20

Ram thinking about Sita
Criticizing moon
Description of Evening to morning
Morning, they get ready to see dhanush yagya

Balkand 21

Janakpur description
Swayamvar description
Ram sita see each other
Kings try and fail
Janak asks ravan to try who is reluctant due to fear of losing and getting humiliated

Balkand 22

Ravan boasts, tries, fails, faints, is taken out, gets insulted, leaves
Lakshman gets angry on Janak
Ram completes challenge

Balkand 23

Ram breaks pinaak
Everyone singing dancing
Jaya mala
Invitation to dashrath
Baarat swaagat
Marriage ceremony begins

Balkand 24

Marriage done. Dance song entertainment going on
Ram and maithili women abuse each other for fun

Balkand 25

Baarat ki khaatiri
Variety of food
Janak not in a mood of vidaai

Balkand 26

Ram explaining dashrath, let us go. We are god. Gifts them 3 idols ram sita lakshman
Baraat praising janak

Balkand 27

Parshuram angry
Lakshman teasing
Ram shows vishnu roop
Parsuram leaves
Janak - Shiv Dialogue

Balkand 28 (in Hindi)

Shiv explaining mithila mahima to Janak
Sita (from her idol) saying her father I am always with you.
The end :-)

Balkand 29 (in Hindi)

Sample answers from UPSC 2015 question paper

Balkand 2015 UPSC question answer

Summary of Keechak Vadh
Manglacharan
Yudhishthir introduction

Keechak Vadh | Chp 1 Part 1

Bheem description.
Arjun description.
Nakul description.
Sahdev description.
Draupadi description.
Sudeshna description.

Keechak Vadh | Chp 1 Part 2

Sairandhri asks for job.
Sudeshna explains you are beautiful but bachelor, this is risky.
Sairandhri assures, she is wife of 5 who will kill the one who attacks their wife.
Sudeshna agrees and allows draupadi yo leave along with her as friend.

Keechak Vadh | Chp 1 Part 3

Spring season. Everywhere happiness. Sudeshna enjoying but sairandhri is sad.

Keechak Vadh | sarg 2 part 1

Sairandhri and sudeshna enjoy riding on swing.
Keechak arrives.
Keechak description.
He gazes and dreams of sairandhri

Keechak vadh | sarg 2 | part 2

Keechak persuades Draupadi to marry her.
Draupadi shocked, warns keechak in anger not to repeat this mistake.

Keechak vadh | sarg 2 | part 3

Keechak reaches out to Sudeshna with a sad face and gesture. Sudeshna asks brother, what's the matter ?

Keechak vadh | sarg 3 | part 1

Keechak tries to convince sudeshna regarding sairandhri.
Sudeshna scolds keechak and says don't be fool. Use your brain. Be in character

Keechak vadh | sarg 3 | part 2

Keechak boasts of his power.
He says to Sudeshna that Sairandhri is characterless, she has come to allure your husband, the king.
Sudeshna falls in trap and says to keechak, don't worry brother. I'll send sairandhri to you

Keechak vadh | sarg 3 | part 3

Keechak dresses up beautifully for the Milan. He dreams of Sairandhri coming to him. He is lost in his imagination and pride

Keechak vadh | sarg 3 | part 4

Keechak vadh | sarg 4 | part 1

Keechak vadh | sarg 4 | part 2

Keechak vadh | sarg 4 | part 3

Keechak vadh | sarg 4 | part 4

Chapter 4 first few lines asked in UPSC 2015. Explained.

UPSC 2016, LONG question explained.

Lessons

61 lessons • 12h 52m

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Introduction (in Hindi)

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Balkand Part 1 (in Hindi)

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Balkand Part 2 (in Hindi)

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Balkand Part 9 (in Hindi)

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