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The braid

Three strands, woven, on a loop

Ghanapāṭha is the “bell” recitation: every phrase is turned forward, back, and forward again, syllable-exact, so the text cannot drift across generations. The station keeps that pattern and wraps two more strands around it.

• Chant

  The recitationThe full Ghanapāṭha of a sarga, unedited — the sound the verse has carried for centuries.

• Meaning

  The readingStraight after, a plain-English account of every verse in that sarga: what was said, and where it stands in the story.

• Talk

  The discussionTwo voices take the sarga apart — what turned, what it cost Hanumān, what to carry into the next.

It runs through all six kāṇḍas in order, Bāla to Yuddha, then starts over. Never shuffled. In English now; Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam are on the way.

The reciters

Whose voice this is

The recitation is not synthetic. It is the work of two salakṣaṇa ghanapāṭhins, and it is used here with thanks and by their permission.

Ghanapāṭha recitation by Brahmaśrī Salakṣaṇaghanapāṭhī V. Śrīrāma and Brahmaśrī Salakṣaṇaghanapāṭhī Harisītārāmamūrti.
Recorded at the Sri Shankara Gurukula Veda Pathashala, Neredmet, Hyderabad, and released with no reservation of rights for the benefit of all. Base text: the Gita Press, Gorakhpur edition. This credit must travel with the audio wherever it is reused.

On the meanings

The chant is exact. The commentary is ours to check.

The recitation plays untouched. The English readings and the discussions are generated with AI from a public-domain scholarly translation and reviewed sarga by sarga. Sundara Kāṇḍa is fully reviewed; the other five kāṇḍas are in review, and say so on air.

Found a reading that misses the mark? Tell us — corrections go in fast.

Keeping it on the air

Held up by those who listen

Running this comes to about $10 a month — a small server and a domain. No ads, no paywall, no gate on the stream. If it has become part of your day, you can help carry it.

The lamps

Lit in someone's name

Each point of light is a dedication — a recitation offered in memory of, or in honour of, someone.