Ma nishada pratishtham tvam-agamah shashvatih samah। His lips opened and he unknowingly cried out, which turned into a Shloka Valmiki became very angry and he was immersed in extreme grief. He saw a hunter with a bow and arrows nearby. He looked around to find out who had shot the bird. Valmiki’s heart melted at this pitiful sight. Filled by sorrow, its mate screamed in agony and died of shock. Suddenly, hit by an arrow, the male bird died on the spot. Valmiki felt very pleased to see the happy birds. Looking at the stream, Valmiki said to his disciple, “Look, how clear is this water, like the mind of a good man! I will bathe here today.” When he was looking for a suitable place to step into the stream, he saw a crane couple immersed in love. On the way, they came across the Tamasa Stream.
A disciple by the name Bharadwaja was carrying his clothes. Valmiki was going to the river Ganges for his daily ablutions. Labhate rishi-mukhyatvam valmikis-tannidarshanam॥Įven a hunter will be transformed into a great sage by worshipping Lord Rama, and Maharshi Valmiki is the best example for this statement. Vyadho-api ramabhadrasya nama-sankirtanadina।
Agni Sharma, rechristened as Valmiki, learnt the scriptures from Narada and became the foremost of ascetics, revered by everyone. As he performed his penance for several years, huge anthills formed around Agni Sharma and this earned him the name of Valmiki and the divine blessings of Lord Vishnu. Moved by Narada’s words, Agni Sharma began to perform penance and chanted the word ‘Rama’. According to legend he once met the great sage Narada and had a discourse with him on his duties. This divine epic is eternal and imperishable.Īccording to various sources Valmiki, the composer of the great epic, was born as Agni Sharma to a Brahmana named Pracheta (also known as Sumali) of Bhrigu gotra but for but due to the consequences he lived as hunter. Until mountains and oceans exist on the Earth, Ramayana, the legend of Rama will also exist. Tavat Ramayani gatha lokeshu prachalishyati॥ Yavat sthasyanti girayah saridashcha mahitale। A popular verse regards the the existence of Ramayana as Ramayana’s most important moral influence was the importance of virtue, in the life of a citizen and in the ideals of the formation of a state or of a functioning society. The Characters Rama, Sita, Bharata, Lakshmana, Hanuman and Ravana are all fundamental sources to the cultural consciousness of India and all other neighbouring Asian nations including Sri Lanka, Nepal, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand. The Ramayana was an important influence on later Sanskrit poetry and Hindu life and culture. Purushartha literally means ‘an object of human pursuit’, it is a key concept in the Vedic legacy, and refers to the four prominent goals or aims of a human life-Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha. Valmiki Ramayana is considered as a ‘Maha Kavya’ and It belongs to the genre of Itihasa, narratives of past events, interspersed with teachings on the goals of human life-Purusharthas. The epic is divided into Seven Kandas-cantos, and consists of nearly 24,000 Shlokas (Sanskrit verses), mostly set in a 32 syllabled meter-Anushtubh Chandas. The Ramayana is one of the largest ancient epics in world literature. Ramayana, the great epic composed by sage Valmiki, narrates the life of Rama, a legendary prince of Ayodhya.
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