Ramayan Chaupai is a chaupai - a four-line verse in the metre used by Tulsidas in the Ramcharitmanas. Each chaupai delivers a complete teaching or invocation in tight rhyming form, making it easy to remember and chant. Ram-related chaupai is best recited as part of Ramayan path or daily devotion, especially on Tuesday. Reading the chaupai aloud is considered more meritorious than silent reading because the sound itself is the prayer. Read the chaupai below in Devanagari, watch the embedded recording for the traditional melody and rhythm, and chant along to absorb the verses into memory.
जय राम सिया राम, सिया राम सिया राम, जय राम सिया राम, सिया राम सिया राम, जय जय राम.... मंगल भवन अमंगल हारी, द्रबहु सुदसरथ अचर बिहारी, राम सिया राम, सिया राम जय जय राम...
A chaupai is a four-line Awadhi/Hindi verse (popularised by Tulsidas in Ramcharitmanas). A doha is a two-line couplet that often summarises the chaupais before it. A shloka is the Sanskrit equivalent. Chaupais are easier to remember because of their rhythmic four-line structure.
Chaupais are written in Awadhi/Hindi - chant them as written in the Devanagari text above. The sound and meaning are inseparable in these verses; translating loses the rhythm.