Valmiki Ramayana's Sundarakandam has 68 chapters, which are called Sarga. so there are 68 Sarga in Sundarakanda. Saptha Sarga Parayanam means, you do 7 Sarga a day, without getting up in the middle or taking breaks. Now here goes the calculations and how many days and other statistics regarding the Parayanam.
- Reading 7 chapters a day means in 9 days you read 63 Chapters.
- On the 10th day you are left with 5 chapters. Since you are supposed to read 7 chapters a day , you read first 2 chapters again...
- Effectively you are now in the second round of the Sundarakandam.
- In the second round, because you already took off first two chapters, you are left with 66 chapters to finish..
- Reading 7 chapters a day means in 9 days you read 63 Chapters.
- On the 10th day you are left with 3 chapters. Since you are supposed to read 7 chapters a day , you read first 4 chapters again...
- Effectively you are now in the Third round of the Sundarakandam.
So on and so forth.. in this way of you do this, then you will end up doing 7 rounds of Sundarakandam parayanam and will end up in exactly 68 days... The following table shows how.
Round | Total Chapters | Chapters Reading Stats | Total Num of Days |
1 | 68 | 9 Days : 63 chapters | 10 |
10th day : 5 | |||
Read First 2 again to make 7 | |||
2 | 68-2 = 66 | 9 Days : 63 chapters | 10 |
10th day : 3 | |||
Read First 4 again to make 7 | |||
3 | 68-4 = 64 | 9 Days : 63 chapters | 10 |
10th day : 1 | |||
Read First 6 again to make 7 | |||
4 | 68-6 = 62 | 8 Days : 56 chapters | 9 |
10th day : 6 | |||
Read First 1 again to make 7 | |||
5 | 68-1 = 67 | 9 Days : 63 chapters | 10 |
10th day : 4 | |||
Read First 3 again to make 7 | |||
6 | 68-3 = 65 | 9 Days : 63 chapters | 10 |
10th day : 2 | |||
Read First 5 again to make 7 | |||
7 | 68-5 = 63 | 9 Days : 63 chapters | 9 |
Total number of days to finish the sapta sarga parayanam | 68 |
So the interesting Calculation I was talking to you about was:
Total Chapters = 68.
If you do one chapter a day then it takes 68 days.
If you do 7 chapters per day then also it takes 68 days, but with 7 Chapters, you would have finished the Sundarakandam 7 Times. I found this very interesting..
So with 7 Chapters per day on a multiple of 7 you would finish 7 times in 68days..
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