Tulsidas Life Struggles Ramcharitmanas Hanuman Chalisa Story

The Soulful Journey of Tulsidas Ji: From Abandonment to Divine Realization

This sakhi tells the story of Tulsidas Ji’s suffering, struggles, and eventual enlightenment, which led him to write the Hanuman Chalisa and Ramcharitramanas..
Tulsidas Ji was born into an ill-fated nakshatra that was said to cause bad luck for those surrounding him. Due to this, his father did not accept him and left him at the door of their home, warning the people that whoever gave him shelter would experience severe difficulties. There was neither anybody who came forward to give the newborn food nor who came to assist his mother, who was dying on her deathbed.

After three days of suffering, his mother, collecting her last strength, summoned a trusted servant, left behind her jewelry and money, and committed her infant son to him. She died the following day because of her declining health.

The family who had adopted Tulsidas Ji soon encountered disasters—deaths began to take place one by one. The woman who was taking care of him first died, followed by his other family members. In fear that his presence was the reason for such tragedies, they also left him on the streets.

At the age of only four, Tulsidas Ji was left all alone, rejected by society and forced to fend for himself in intense hunger. Passing through the village, Tulsidas Ji hugged his empty belly, tapping his little hands upon it and spreading his mouth to display the villagers his hunger pangs. Still, no one sympathized with him or provided him with food. Wailing and starving, he walked lost, his small feet taking him far until he eventually arrived at a temple.

One day, out of insufferable hunger, the child strayed to a Hanuman Ji temple. Through divine providence, temple monkeys started leaving food for him. His pain was so extreme that even the gods noticed.

Maa Parvati, feeling pained by his suffering, made up her mind to come down to Earth as an old lady to look after him. Daily, she used to visit to feed him and keep him fit.
But eventually, a village woman observed something strange—Tulsidas Ji, who no one gave food or shelter, seemed to be well-fed. She became curious and hence decided to find out and, hiding behind the temple, she saw the enigmatic old woman feeding him. When she realized that the woman did not belong to their village, she became suspicious.

No sooner was Maa Parvati spotted than she vanished, since divine creatures never intervene once they have made themselves known. Thereafter, she never came anymore, and Tulsidas Ji once again experienced the pangs of hunger.