The hero of Shri Ramcharitmanas is Ram, who is depicted as Maryada Purushottam, who is believed to be the incarnation of Lord Hari Narayan, the lord of the entire universe. Goswami ji has described Ramcharit in a unique style using couplets, chaupais, Soraths and chhand. It has 12,800 lines, which are divided into 1,073 couplets and seven chapters. Shri Ramcharitmanas has the 46th place among the 100 best popular poems of the world.