I was reading the biography of Tulasidas
Following is a small fraction from his life
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Tulasidas married Ratnavali, who was a very intelligent and pious lady.
Tulasi loved his wife, and could never stand even a moment’s separation from her.
Once he crossed a flooded river to see his wife, who was visiting her parents.
Ratnavali got angry and said "What do you get by loving this mortal body?
If you were to love Lord Sri Rama like this, you would get mukti."
These words rekindled his love for Sri Rama, he renounced family life and started traveling across north India, preaching Sri Rama’s life. In Chitrakoot, he wrote the masterpiece Rama Charita Manas. He wrote in one of the Hindi dialects known as Avadhi spoken around Ayodhya region. Tulasidas employed "doha", "chowpayee", "swaratae" and other meters in his poem.
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The entire story is given as narrated by Siva to Parvati.
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Following are my observations
1) Tulasidas loved his wife passionately, which made him a saint
2) He became the devotee of Rama who struggled throughout His life because of his wife
3) Again if you in-between the lines, the story is given as narrated to Parvati by Siva again a passionate lover telling stories to wife
My point is that eventhough Tulasidas quit his family, he got aligned with the appropriate team and his writing also reflects the love of a passionate husband only
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