Hindi epic poem with 1279 verses divided into 15 cantos (sargas). This epic narrates the life of Ṛṣi Vasiṣṭha and his wife Arundhatī.

Arundhatī, the eighth daughter of Ṛṣi Kardama, is married to Vasiṣṭha, the eighth son of Brahmā. Brahmā assures the couple that they will have the Darśana of Lord Rāma. The couple spends many years waiting for Lord Rāma. Viśvaratha tries to take Kāmadhenu away from Vasiṣṭha, but is unable to stand against the Brahmadaṇḍa. Viśvaratha undergoes penance and becomes the Ṛṣi Viśāmitra. A revengeful Viśāmitra curses all 100 sons of Vasiṣṭha and Arundhatī to die. The forgiveness of the couple gives rise to a son Śakti, whom Viśāmitra gets killed by a demon. Vasiṣṭha and Arundhatī then head for Vānaprastha. Brahmā ordains them to re-enter Gārhasthya Āśrama. The couple starts living in an Āśrama near Ayodhyā. With the birth of Lord Rāma, a son named Suyajña is born to them. Lord Rāma and Suyajña study together in the Āśrama. Arundhatī meets mother Sītā for the first time in Ayodhyā. After completing their 14 years of exile, mother Sītā and Lord Rāma have their first meal in the Āśrama of Vasiṣṭha and Arundhatī.

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Saṃskṛta poem on the life of the Indian freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad. With a Hindi commentary by Buaji (Dr. Gita Devi Mishra).

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Saṃskṛta epic poem with 2121 verses in 40 Saṃskṛta and Prakṛta metres, with a Hindi commentary by Guruji. It is divided into 21 cantos (sargas) of 101 verses each. The epic presents the narrative of Lord Paraśurāma and Lord Rāma from the Rāmāyaṇa and the Rāmacaritamānasa. Awarded the 2004 Sahitya Akademi Award in Sanskrit.

The incarnation of Lord Paraśurāma, his learning from his Guru Lord Śiva on Kailāsa, his execution of Jamadagni's command to behead Reṇukā and her subsequent resurrection, his slaying of Sahasrārjuna and the annihilation of Kṣatriyas 21 times from the earth, and his battle with Lord Gaṇeśa form the first nine cantos. The next five cantos cover the incarnations of Lord Rāma and mother Sītā. The last seven cantos describe Viśvāmitra's journey to Ayodhyā, the slaying of the demons by Lord Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, the redemption of Ahalyā, the meeting of Lord Rāma and mother Sītā in Janaka’s garden, the breaking of Śiva bow by Lord Rāma, the confrontation between Lord Paraśurāma and Lord Rāma, the surrender by Lord Paraśurāma to Lord Rāma and the marriage rites of the four sons of Daśaratha in Mithilā.

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Saṃskṛta poem of the Dūtakāvya (messenger-poem) genre with 501 verses divided in two parts. Composed entirely in the Mandākrānta metre, the poem is the message sent by Lord Rāma, residing on the Pravarṣaṇa mountain in Kishkindha, via a bumblebee to mother Sītā, held captive by Rāvaṇa in Laṅkā.

Lord Rāma chooses a bumblebee (Bhṛṅga), as his messenger (Dūta) to mother Sītā. Lord Rāma asks the bumblebee to have a pilgrimage of Bhārata, before embarking on its journey. He asks the bumblebee to visit Mithilā; the rivers, hermitages and forests en route to Ayodhyā; Nandigrāma; the kingdom of Guha, Prayāgarāja, Citrakūṭa; hermitages of various sages; the banks of Godāvarī; the location of Jaṭayū's liberation, the Āśrama of Śabarī; and the Ṛṣyamūka mountain. The bumblebee is asked to then fly over Karnataka, Andhra, Madra and Kerala on its way to Laṅkā. The message from Lord Rāma forms verses 71—244 of the second part. The message describes the pathos of separation and the heroism of Lord Rāma, and convinces mother Sītā to hold on to her life till Hanumān arrives to Laṅkā with another message and the ring from Lord Rāma.

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Hindi commentary on the Rāmacaritamānasa (1574) of Gosvāmī Tulasīdāsa. Contains the original Avadhī text of the Rāmacaritamānasa (the critical Tulasīpīṭha edition) along with a Hindi commentary of all the verses of the Rāmacaritamānasa.

Read to know why the doctrine of Tulasīdāsa is no Māyāvāda but pure Viśiṣṭādvaita; why Tulasīdāsa described three secondary and one main incarnation of Lord Rāma in the Rāmacaritamānasa; how Lord Rāma appeared in front of Kausalyā with only two and not four arms; what Tulasīdāsa meant by Bharata seeing two to four golden particles in the bed of straws where mother Sītā slept in exile; what are the secret words that the Māyā Sītā said to Lakṣmaṇa; how Lord Rāma never killed the monkey Vālin from behind; why was Laṅkā burnt on the same night while Trijaṭā dreamt it would be burnt in "four days"; why Sugrīva, Vibhīṣaṇa, Aṅgada Lord Rāma and Lord Hanumān gave five different similes for the full moon; how mother Sītā was never abandoned or banished by Lord Rāma; and many other hidden meanings and purport of Gosvāmī Tulasīdāsa explained by Guruji in lucid language using impregnable reasoning and drawing from his unparalleled knowledge of the scriptures.

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Hindi poem of the Rītikāvya genre with 324 verses divided in three parts of 108 verses each. The verses are composed in seven Prākṛta metres — Amātrika, Kavitta, Gīta, Ghanākṣarī, Caupaiyā, Drumila, and Mattagajendra. The verses describe different activities of the child forms of the Lord Rāma and mother Sītā.

The work is divided into three parts, called the three rays (Kiraṇas). The first ray is set in Ayodhyā and vividly describes is the Avatāra of Rāma, followed by the pastimes and events from his childhood. The second ray is set in Mithilā, describing the Avatāra, childhood pastimes and events from the life of the young Sītā. The first half of the third ray describes messages exchanged by Sītā and Rāma through Nārada. The the second half describes Rāma's journey from Ayodhyā to Mithilā and culminates with the marriage of the princes of Ayodhyā with the princesses of Mithilā.

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Saṃskṛta Suprabhātam poem in 40 verses composed in 8 Śārdūlavikrīḍita, 24 Vasantatilakā, 4 Sragdharā and 4 Mālinī metres (with Hindi translation by Guruji). An Audio CD with the composition sung by Guruji in Rāga Bairāgī has been released by Yuki Cassettes, New Delhi.

The poem is to be sung at dawn to awaken Lord Rāma. It wishes a good morning to Lord Rāma and describes how various sages, deities, Bhaktas, Siddhas, various characters of the Rāmāyaṇa, the poet, and Lord Hanumān are singing the Suprabhātam of Lord Rāma.

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Hindi epic poem consisting of 864 verses divided into 8 cantos (sargas) of 108 verses each. This epic narrates the life of the seer Aṣṭāvakra, who is presented as the flagbearer of the disabled. His journey from adversity to success to ultimate redemption is presented by Guruji in this epic.

Ṛṣi Uddālaka has a disciple by the name Kahola, whom he offers his daughter Sujātā in marriage. The child in the womb of the pregnant Sujātā tells Kahola one day that he is making eight errors in recitation of each Vedic Mantra. Kahola curses the child to be born with all its eight limbs deformed. Kahola goes to Mithilā and a courtier of Janaka, Bandī defeats him in Śāstrārtha and submerges him under water. The child born to Sujātā is named Aṣṭāvakra by Uddālaka. When he is ten, Aṣṭāvakra travels to Mithilā in order to liberate his father. Aṣṭāvakra sedquentially defeats the gatekeeper, king Janaka and Bandī in Śāstrārtha, and then secures the release of his father Kahola. On their way back home, Kahola makes Aṣṭāvakra bathe in the river Samaṅgā and Aṣṭāvakra becomes free of the eight deformities in his body.

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Sanskrit epic poem of the Gītakāvya (lyrical poetry) genre consisting of 1008 songs. The songs are divided into seven Kāṇḍas (books), with every Kāṇḍa being sub-divided into one or more Sargas (cantos). There are 28 cantos in all; each canto consists of 36 songs. The songs of the epic are based on rhythms and tunes or Rāgas found in the folk music and classical music of India. Each song in sung by one or more characters of the Rāmāyaṇa or by the poet. The songs progressively narrate the Rāmāyaṇa via monologues, dialogues and multilogues. There are occasional Sanskrit verses between the songs, which take the narrative forward.

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