Tulsidas Jayanti: Here are some interesting facts about Tuslidas

Goswami Tulsidas, popularly known for his work Ramcharitmanas, was born on Saptami (seventh day) of the Krishna Paksha (the dark cycle of the lunar calendar) in the month of Shravana. This year, Tulsidas Jayanti falls on August 4, and this is the 525th birth anniversary of the sixteenth-century saint and poet.

Tuslidas's real name was Rambola Dubey. He was born in the family of Atmaram Dubey and Hulsi in Soron Shukar Kshetra, now a part of the Kasganj district in Uttar Pradesh.

According to a legend, Tulsidas took 12 months to come out of his mother's womb, and had 32 teeth from birth. According to a popular belief, instead of crying after birth he chanted 'Ram'. Therefore, he was named Rambola, the name of Shri Ram.


Tulsidas is credited with translating the Sanskrit Ramayana into Avadhi Ramcharitmanas, the life story of Shri Rama, the eighth avatar of Lord Vishnu. Some believe that the saint was an incarnation of saint Valmiki, the writer of Ramayana.

According to folklore, Mughal ruler Akbar held him captive for forty days, and it was during this time that the Hanuman Chalisa was composed.

Besides Ramcharitmanas, Ramlalla Nahachhu, Barvai Ramayan, Ramagya Prashna, Parvati Mangal and Janaki Mangal in the Awadhi language are some of Tulsidas' popular works.

Here are 10 popular quotes by Sant Tulsidas
1. No virtue is equal to the good of others and no vice greater than hurting others.

2. Lust, anger, vanity and covetousness are all paths leading to hell. Abjuring all these, adore the Hero of Raghu’s line, whom saints worship.

3. There can be no happiness for a being nor can its mind know any peace even in a dream so long as it does not relinquish desire, which is an abode of sorrow.

4. There is no difference between knowledge and devotion, Both of them save the soul from the miseries of worldly life.

5. To follow the path of knowledge is to tread on the edge of a sword. Once you get into it, there is no escape.

6. Even your pity is like a blast of wind, and the words you speak would strip a tree of its blossoms.

7. There can be no happiness for a being nor can its mind know any peace even in a dream so long as it does not relinquish desire, which is an abode of sorrow.

8. In dependence, there is no happiness, even in a dream.

9. Abandon pride, which is the same as Tamas-guna (darkness), rooted as it is in ignorance and is a source of7. considerable pain; and adore Lord Shri Rama, the Chief of the Raghus and an ocean of compassion.

10 As the ruler, so the people