{"id":73470,"date":"2025-11-02T01:59:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T20:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/?p=73470"},"modified":"2025-11-01T16:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T11:13:44","slug":"valmikis-mission-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/valmikis-mission-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Valmiki&#8217;s Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/maharshi-Valmiki-56a484175f9b58b7d0d75eb0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-25677 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/maharshi-Valmiki-56a484175f9b58b7d0d75eb0-300x234.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/maharshi-Valmiki-56a484175f9b58b7d0d75eb0-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.isvara.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/maharshi-Valmiki-56a484175f9b58b7d0d75eb0.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Valmiki&#8217;s Mission<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">One day, after finishing his religious rites and ablutions, the sage returned to the hermitage. And there, radiant with the light of a thousand suns, Brahma, the first being born, the one who designed and built the universe in which we live, appeared to him. Amazed by that sudden vision, Valmiki prostrated himself on the ground, offering him respectful prayers. In a deep voice, the great Brahma addressed\u00a0 him with these words:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">\u201cOh, Muni, that curse and the manner in which you pronounced it was no accident. It happened by my will. You have a mission in this world and you don&#8217;t have to linger any longer. You must compose the poem of the life of King Rama as you heard it from my son Narada.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">At those words, Valmiki felt his heart pervaded by a great joy, and not only for the fact that he had seen Brahma, the direct son of Vishnu, but also for that request that confirmed what he already felt inside himself. Brahma had done nothing but expressly order him to do what he felt was a duty and also a precise inner necessity. But he had doubts. Would he be able to do it? Brahma, understanding his perplexities, reassured him with the following words:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">&#8220;Don\u2019t worry. Have no doubts about your abilities. Tell what you know, and anything you don&#8217;t know yet will be revealed to you in meditation. From the compilation of this poem you will gain undying fame. Rest assured that this story will be recited and heard as long as the seas and the mountains exist.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">&#8220;You will live happily and long on this earth,&#8221; Brahma continued, &#8220;and then you will enjoy the joys of the heavenly planets.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\">After saying this, Brahma disappeared, and Valmiki became convinced that that was his mission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; color: #0000ff;\">This is a section of the book \u201cThe Ramayana\u201d, in English.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">To buy the complete book,<\/span><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kadachaeditions.com\/art\/ramayana-english\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">click here<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valmiki&#8217;s Mission One day, after finishing his religious rites and ablutions, the sage returned to the hermitage. 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