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Rāmāyaṇa



              the universal grandsire, who can understand the hearts
              of everyone, said, “O blessed sage, please do not grieve
              by thinking you have wrongly cursed the Niṣāda hunter.
              In truth, the words that you appeared to utter in anger
              were my own. They were spoken through your mouth
          for the purpose of inspiring you to accomplish a great task.
          Indeed, the time has come for you to compose the history
          of  Lord  Rāmacandra’s  life—great  transcendental  pastimes
          meant for the ultimate welfare of the world.

             “My  dear Vālmīki,  there  is
          no cause for you to be anxious,
          for  by  the  strength  of  my
          benediction, everything that is
          unknown  to  you  will  become
          clearly  revealed  within  your
          heart. Thus, by my grace, your
          narration of the Rāmāyaṇa will
          be faultless.”

             After    bestowing      this
          benediction   upon    Vālmīki,
          Lord Brahmā departed for his
          abode  upon  his  celestial  swan
          carrier, filling all who beheld him with wonder. Vālmīki then
          sat down in meditation to discover all the pastimes of Lord
          Rāmacandra, as indicated by Lord Brahmā.

             Absorbed  in  a  deep  trance, Vālmīki  clearly  envisioned
          within his heart all the events of Lord Rāma’s appearance.
          Vālmīki then composed the Rāmāyaṇa in 24,000 verses.

             After  completing  the  epic  poem,  he  wondered  whom
          he  could  teach  it  to  so  that  it would  remain  preserved  in
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