Character

Valmiki

वाल्मीकिVālmīki

verses
895
books
18
chapters
230

What the texts say

In the Ramayana, Valmiki, called the foremost of sages, questions the ascetic Narada and resolves to compose the poem called the Ramayana. Ramayana 1.1.1, 1.2.41 He rebuked a hunter who had killed one of a pair of krauncha birds, and named the verse born of his sorrow a shloka. Ramayana 1.2.15, 1.2.18 In the same epic, he is told to compose the sacred story of Rama, which will circulate as long as mountains and rivers endure. Ramayana 1.2.35, 1.2.36 The Ramayana adds that the princes Kusha and Lava memorised the whole epic and chanted it in an assembly of sages. Ramayana 1.4.12

Where to read

Every verse that names Valmiki, book by book.

  1. Ramayana

    746 verses · 154 chapters

    All 746 verses in the Ramayana
    • 1.6.10

      Us shehar mein koi bhi aisa nahi tha jiske kaan mein baali na ho. Koi bhi aisa nahi tha jiske baal mein koi saaj na ho. Sabke gale mein haar tha. Koi bhi garib nahi tha. Sabke paas paisa tha. Sab log saaf-suthre the aur unke badan se…

    • 1.4.1

      Bhagwan Valmiki ne yeh poora kavya likha. Ram ne apna rajya wapas pa liya tha. Valmiki ne unki poori kahani badi khoobsurat shayari mein likh di. Har shabd mein alag hi baat thi.

    • 1.7.1

      Us bade raja ke mantri bahut achhe the. Woh log samajhdar the, aur chehre se padh sakte the ki kya chal raha hai. Hamesha raja ka bhala sochte the.

  2. Padma Purana

    48 verses · 17 chapters

    All 48 verses in the Padma Purana
    • 5.59.40

      Lakshman ne kaha, main ab Ram ke paas jaata hoon. Jaake main unhe sab kuch bata dunga. Muni, aapke paas Valmiki ka bada ashram hai.

    • 5.66.1

      Shesh ne kaha: Sumati ne bataya ki Valmiki ke ashram mein jo do bacche hain, woh uske apne bete hain. Yeh jaanke woh Valmiki ke paas gaya.

    • 6.244.4

      Valmiki ke ashram mein, Gangaji ke paas, ek bade jungle mein, Ram ne us garbh wali aurat ko rishiyon ke saamne bhej diya.

  3. Skanda Purana

    34 verses · 15 chapters

    All 34 verses in the Skanda Purana
    • 4.2.4.5

      Ek rishi the, Valmiki naam ke. Woh Shiv bhagwan ke bade bhakt the. Woh roz tapasya karte the aur Shiv ji ki puja karte the.

    • 1.2.13.178

      Devala ne jow se ek Shivling banaya. Uska naam Pati rakha, matlab bhagwan. Valmiki ne bhi ek Shivling banaya jo chuhot se bana tha. Uska naam Ciravasi rakha, matlab hamesha rehne wala.

    • 1.4.3.11

      Kaundinya aur Pundarika, Raibhya aur Trinabindu, yeh bhi wahan the. Valmiki aur Narada bhi aaye. Vahni aur Dridhamanyu bhi the. Sab Arunachala ke paas ikatthe ho gaye the.

  4. Ramcharitmanas

    22 verses · 7 chapters

    • 2.13.255

      Ram ne rishi ke aage dandvat kiya, aur un brahman shreshth ne unhe ashirwad diya. Ram ki sundarta dekh kar rishi ki aankhein thandi aur khush ho gayi. Unhone izzat se swagat kiya aur ashram mein andar le aaye. Bade rishi ko mehmaan apni…

    • 1.1.7

      Yahan nahane ka fal turant dikhta hai. Kawwa koel ban jata hai aur bagula hans ban jata hai. Koi is sun kar hairan na ho. Satsang ki mahima koi chhipi hui baat nahi hai. Valmiki, Narad aur matke se paida hue Agastya ne apne apne mooh se…

    • 1.2.435

      Samajhdar log usi kavita ko izzat dete hain jo simple ho aur jiski kirti par koi daag na ho. Aisa hota hai ki dushman bhi apni dushmani bhool kar use sunta hai aur tareef mein bolta hai. Ye tab nahi ho sakta jab tak dil saaf na ho. Mere…

Also named in

Key chapters

The chapters where Valmiki matters most.

  1. Description of Ayodhya under Daśaratha

    Ramayana 1.6 · 17 verses

    Omniscient civic-ethical describer

  2. The Commissioning and Public Performance of the Rāmāyaṇa

    Ramayana 1.4 · 9 verses

    Divine seer-poet who completes the Rāmāyaṇa as an authored…

  3. The Virtues of Daśaratha’s Ministers and the Order of Governance

    Ramayana 1.7 · 9 verses

  4. Vālmīki’s Yogic Verification and the Epic Synopsis

    Ramayana 1.3 · 35 verses

    Primary agent

  5. Arrival at Chitrakuta and Establishing the Leaf-Hut

    Ramayana 2.56 · 5 verses

    Resident sage of the region

  6. Hanuman Beholds Sita in the Ashoka Grove

    Ramayana 5.17 · 4 verses

    Orchestrates the tonal shift: moonlit serenity → terror of…

  7. The Origin Narrative of Kuśa and Lava (Sītā’s Exile and Vālmīki’s Refuge)

    Padma Purana 5.59 · 16 verses

    teacher

  8. Kapardīśvara Liṅga Māhātmya and the Piśāca-Mocana Tīrtha

    Skanda Purana 4.2.4 · 3 verses

  9. The Recitation of the Ramayana

    Padma Purana 5.66 · 13 verses

    teacher

  10. त्याग और आज्ञापालन का सोपान: राजधर्म के शिखर से वनगमन का अवरोह, जहाँ ‘लोक-मान्यता’ (जन-प्रेम) और ‘आत्म-निवेदन’ (ईश्वर-इच्छा) एक हो जाते हैं। यह चरण साधक को सिखाता है कि प्रियतम-धर्म (राम) का अनुसरण बा

    Ramcharitmanas 2.13 · 12 verses

Key episodes

  1. Valmiki and the Krauncha Birds: The First Shloka

    Ramayana 1.2

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