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.
I do not want to get material life, do not want the sense-life, but something higher. That is renunciation. Then, by the power of meditation, undo the mischief that has been done.
-Swami Vivekananda