Who told valmiki to write ramayana

The story begins with the sage Valmiki, the author of the Ramayana. Valmiki was abandoned in the forest at birth by his Brahmin parents but was found and raised by a hunter. As a result, Valmiki became a hunter and a robber. One day, he encounters the heavenly sage Narada, who fearlessly faces him. Intrigued by Narada's fearlessness, Valmiki asks why he isn't afraid. Narada explains that he feels love and compassion for all beings because he sees the divine in everyone. This concept is foreign to Valmiki, who is only familiar with violence and brutality. Narada informs Valmiki about the karmic consequences of his actions and advises him to meditate on the Supreme Being. Narada gives him the mantra "Rama," but Valmiki is unable to repeat it correctly. However, Valmiki can say the word "mara," which means "tree." Narada blesses him and instructs him to repeat that word instead. Valmiki meditates for many years until he is covered by an anthill. Narada eventually returns and awakens him from his deep meditation. Valmiki realizes his true identity and is named Valmiki. Narada informs Valmiki that he must go to the river Tamasa, where Sita, Rama's abandoned wife, will arrive soon. Valmiki is tasked with caring for her and her children until they can reunite with Rama. Valmiki establishes his hermitage near the river Tamasa and gains disciples. One day, he witnesses a fowler kill a male bird while it is mating, causing great sorrow. Valmiki spontaneously curses the fowler but la...

Prince Vibhishana is portrayed as a pious and pure of heart in the epic. After performing a penance to invoke a boon from Vibhishana was the youngest son of the rakshasi Kaikesi and the sage [ citation needed] Due to Vibhishana's differences with Ravana, and because he was against the act of kidnapping Sita, he fled Lanka. His mother, [ citation needed] In the Lanka war, Vibhishana's knowledge about the secrets of Lanka proved invaluable to Rama. He had a daughter named When Rama was about to leave Characterisation [ ] In the Ramayana, Vibhishana's characterisation assists in demonstrating the practical implications of the concept of dharma. The epic stresses that neither Vibhishana or Kumbhakarna strayed from the path of dharma and that there is no single way out of a moral dilemma. The Ramayana teaches that Kumbhakarna adhered to the dharma of loyalty to his kin when his advice fails, while Vibhishana chose to oppose his kin when his advice failed. Other legends [ ] • • www.wisdomlib.org (24 June 2012). www.wisdomlib.org . Retrieved 28 October 2022. • . Retrieved 24 January 2020. • Buck, William (2000). Ramayana. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. 978-81-208-1720-3. • Saraswati, Smt T. N. (2 March 2019). Vibhishana. Bharatha Samskruthi Prakashana. 978-93-89020-78-6. • Ranganayakamma. RAMAYANA The Poisonous Tree. Sweet Home Publications. • Maheshwari, Vipul; Maheshwari, Anil (18 October 2020). Ramayana Revisited: An Epic through a Legal Prism. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-93-89351-0...

To mark the birth anniversary of Maharishi Valmiki, this year Valmiki Jayanti is being celebrated on October 13. A sage and a Sanskrit poet, one of his many remarkable achievements was penning down the epic Ramayana. On his birthday, it is important to know the sage's history and his growing influence in Indian culture. As the story goes, Agni Sharma transformed into a sage after his discussions with a great sage called Narada, Brahma's son. Moved by Narada's vast sphere of knowledge on Indian religious scriptures, he became a learned ascetic under his guidance. According to the folklore, large anthills began to form around Agni Sharma as he began to chant the word 'Ram', and henceforth, he came to be known as 'Valmiki'. Around the 5th century BCE, he wrote Ramayana in the form of poems in Sanskrit. Valmiki wrote about 24,000 shlokas and 7 cantos which comprised the great epic. The entire epic of Ramayana consisted of about 480,002 words. The story of Ramayana chronicles the trials and tribulations of Lord Ram after he is exiled from the Kingdom of Ayodhya. He is referred to as the Adi Kavi, the first poet, for writing the epic Ramayana. Valmiki was born in the Treta Yuga, as another form of Brahma, and is celebrated by his disciples for his immense knowledge. The epic Ramayana has molded itself into Indian folklore and it has contributed immensely to Indian culture and tradition.

The Inspiration for Ramayana: One day, sage Valmiki was going to the river Tamasa for his morning bath. As he was walking along the river bank, he watched a pair of cranes (krauncha), sporting with joy on a tree nearby. Suddenly, the male bird fell down, killed by a hunter's arrow. The female bird, seeing its mate fallen to the ground, flapped its wings, and squawked piteously. Valmiki's grief burst forth in a curse, "O cruel man, as you have killed one of these loving birds, you shall wander homeless all your life." Ma nishada pratishtam tvam agama shasvati sama / Yat krauncha mithunat ekam avadhih kama mohitam (Desist O hunter! May you not get stability or peace for endless years, since you killed one of the pair of cranes, in love with each other.) Immediately, the sage recovered his composure. He wondered why he got so angry as to curse another person. Recalling the words of his curse, the rishi discovered that the curse had taken the form of a beautiful verse (sloka). He wondered "How mysterious is the play (lila) of God!" and sat down to meditate. Then, Brahma appeared before him and said, "This incident happened only to inspire you to write the divine story of Sri Rama. From sorrow (shoka) was born verse (sloka). You shall sing the story of Ramayana in this very poetic metre for the welfare of mankind." This poetic metre is called Anushtub chandas. It has 16 syllables per line and a total of 32 syllables for a couplet. The true purpose of the Ramayana is to awaken i...