Vālmīki: Quotes about the world

Vālmīki is Legendary Indian poet, author of the Ramayana. Explore interesting quotes on world.

Vālmīki: 46 quotes1 like

“In all this world, I pray thee, who
Is virtuous, heroic, true?
Firm in his vows, of grateful mind,
To every creature good and kind?
Alone most fair to all men’s eyes?
Devoid of envy, firm, and sage,
Whose tranquil soul ne'er yields to rage?
Whom, when his warrior wrath is high,
Do Gods embattled fear and fly?
Whose noble might and gentle skill
The triple world can guard from ill? Who is the best of princes, he
Who loves his people’s good to see.”

Source: King of Siam Rama I The-Ramayana https://books.google.co.in/books?id=OvqbCHa3zWkC&pg=PA19, Islamic Books, 1967, p. 19.

“As a young man, Valmiki searched through the world seeking open friendship and happiness and hope and finding none of these he went alone into the empty forest where no man lived, to as spot where the Tamasa River flows into Ganga. There he sat for years without moving, so still that white ants built an anthill over him. There Valmiki sat inside that anthill for thousands of years with only his eyes showing out, trying to find the True, his hands folded and his mind lost in contemplation.”

Vālmīki Ramayana

In p. 5.
Ramayana

“This is truly how I remember the ways of the world. Those words I cursed him with make a verse, and that verse could be sung to music.”

In. p. 7.
He remembered these words uttered in a verse form, when he got back to his hermitage. It was then that Brahma appeared before him.

“You have now. Coming here, I sang a friend-gathering song. Valmiki, I've seen other skies than these, other worlds, and other friends. People are counting on you… and I can hear the chariot from Ayodhya approaching across Ganga.”

Vālmīki Ramayana

In p. 6.
Narada to Valmiki
Ramayana

“It’s too cold. Away from the worlds, where a little pleasure costs a lot of pain. Don’t make trouble.”

Vālmīki Ramayana

Valmiki to Brahma who appeared before him. p. 5.
Ramayana

“What a crime! There was not one bit of meat on that little bird. What use is a world run all wrong without a grain of mercy on it?”

In. p. 7-8.
Perceiving the words thought by Valmiki, Brahma told him "So, by a river, the world's first verse has been born from pity, and love and compassion for a tiny bird has made you a poet. Use your discovery to tell Rama's story, and your verses will defeat Time. As make you poem, Rama's life will be revealed to you, and no word of yours will be untrue.