Which god appeared before says valmiki and ask him to write the ramayana

By This article is a chapter from the book “Bliss Divine”. INTRODUCTION The Ramayana of Valmiki is perhaps the most ancient and glorious epic in the world. It is known as the Adikavyam,–the first poem. Ramayana exercises a great moulding power on the life of man. It contains object lessons for husbands and wives, parents and children, brothers and sisters, friends and enemies. Valmiki once asked Narada, “O Venerable Rishi! Please tell me whether there is a perfect man in this world who is at once virtuous, brave, dutiful, truthful, noble, steadfast in duty, and kind to all beings”. Narada replied, “There is such a one, a prince of Ikshvaku’s line named Rama. He is virtuous, brave, gentle, and wise. He is a great hero. He loves his subjects immensely. He is a protector of Dharma. He is firm and steadfast. He is just and liberal. He is well-versed in the Vedas and in the science of arms. He is unique in the possession of virtues and matchless in beauty. He is an obedient son, a kind brother, loving husband, a faithful friend, an ideal king, a merciful enemy, and a lover of all living beings. All people adore him”. Valmiki, reflecting over this flowing description, was walking along the banks of the river Tamasa. He happened to see a pair of Kraunchas (birds) sporting with each other in love. Suddenly the male bird was shot dead by a cruel fowler and the female, seeing her mate rolling on the ground in the agony of pain, screamed out most pitifully her lamentations. The sage ...

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• 3 shares • Facebook • Twitter • WhatsApp • • Google+ • LinkedIn • Pinterest • Reddit • • Adi Kavi MahaRishi Valmiki is the author of “Ramayana”, the first ever epic in the Sanskrit language. • Adi Kavi means the first poet. MahaRishi means the great sage. Both honours perfectly fit his character and intellect. • Valmiki belonged to Bhargava Gotra (lineage). He was the tenth son of Prachetasa Rishi. Brigu Rishi was his brother. • A legend says his earlier name was Ratnakara. Due to some circumstances, Ratnakara was raised by a hunter, turned out be a good hunter himself, married a beautiful young lady from the same community. • It was Narada Rishi who took Ratnakara as his disciple and taught him the holy Rama Nama. After many years of great penance, he came out of ant-hill that had grown over him. He thus earned a new name Valmiki. It literally means one that is born out of a Valmika – an ant-hill. • Valmiki learnt the entire story of Rama, the great king of Ayodhya, through Narada Rishi. Later Brahma, the God of creation, appeared before Valmiki and asked him to write the story of Rama as he heard from Narada Rishi. Valmiki obliged. • Ramayana is composed of about 4,80,000 words, being a quarter of the length of the full text of Mahabharata or about four times the length of Iliad. • Also, this epic consists of 24,000 verses (Shlokas). It is divided into 6 cantos (Kandas). The 7th Kanda, namely Uttara Kanda is added later by others to the original epic. • Valmiki uses a ...