This book, authored by Sri Anna N. Subramanian, the well-known author and translator, explains the concept and the different kinds of Tapas as described in the Valmiki Ramayana. This book will help the readers to understand the idea of tapas and dharma as embodied in the lives of great Avatars, and help them to incorporate in their own lives.
May I be born again and again, and suffer thousands of miseries so that I may worship the only God that exists, the only God I believe in, the sum total of all souls--and, above all, my God the wicked, my God the miserable, my God the poor of all races, of all species, is the special object of my worship.
-Swami Vivekananda