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Sage Narada told the entire story of Sri Ram-from his would-be appointment as heir apparent to the Ayodhya throne by his father King Dashratha–to his exile for 14 years in the forest–losing his loving wife Sita to Ravana by abduction–killing the demon Ravana & bringing back Sita, returning to Ayodhya & ruling it for eleven thousand years thereafter

Narada explained how Ram governed his kingdom (Rajya). After Sri Ram was anointed King, his subjects rejoiced with happiness & with their desire fulfilled they were content. All people followed the path of righteousness & there was no fear of sufferings or agonies, diseases or famine

During the period of Rama's rule, nowhere would men witness the death of their sons or women were widowed. They would ever remain chaste & devoted to their husbands. In Rama’s kingdom, there was no fear of fire, water, wind, disease, hunger and also theft. All the cities & villages were affluent with wealth and food grains

After listening to this story from Sri Narada, the distinguished and righteous sage Valmiki, proficient in composing slokas worshipped him along with his disciples. The divine sage Narada then left to his abode & after his departure, sage Valmiki reached the bank of Tamasa river, which is not very far from the Ganges, for morning ablutions

He reached the banks of the river and seeing the clear its waters, spoke to his disciple standing by the side-O Bharadwaja, behold the beautiful & pleasant waters of this river. This holy spot is as clear & pure as the mind of a virtuous man. He then decided to take a dip into the divine waters of the river

Suddenly Valmiki saw a pair of melodious krauncha birds, flying about in each other's inseparable company. As he was watching the happy pair in flight, a sinful and cruelhearted hunter struck down the male bird of the pair. The female companion saw the male bird struck down by the hunter as it fell rolling on the earth, drenched in blood. Separated from her winged companion, the female bird cried a piteous wail

Having seen the bird struck down by the hunter, the pious sage Valmiki was filled with compassion. Hearing the wailing of the female bird, the sage was moved to pity at this irreligious act and uttered the following words-O hunter, since you have killed one of the pair of infatuated kraunchas you will be permanently deprived of your position

Brooding over his utterances, he reflected, 'What is this that I uttered in reaction to the grief of this bird?' Very wise & learned Valmiki, pondered over it for a while & said to his disciple-"Occasioned by the grief-stricken (state of the bird) and composed in rhymed lines each of equal number of syllables tuned to the accompaniment of stringed instruments, let it be known as a sloka. His disciple, delighted by the excellent verse composed by the sage, committed it to memory which left his spiritual preceptor pleased

Krsna says in Bhagvad Gita:

yad yad vibhūtimat sattvaṁ śrīmad ūrjitam eva vā
tat tad evāvagaccha tvaṁ mama tejo-’ṁśa-sambhavam

Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My splendour

Any glorious or beautiful act should be understood to be but a fragmental manifestation of the Supreme Lord’s opulence, whether it be in the spiritual or in the material world. Here sage Valmiki under an extraordinary circumstance composed a verse in a meter which will in due course of time will become the driving force to compose the mega poem RAMAYANA

All attractive things derive their attractiveness from a spark of Krishna’s supreme attractiveness. This implies that the world we encounter with our senses is real, for it manifests the attractiveness of God, although only to a fractional degree. This world can thus be a pathway toward God. It also saves us from false pride that we are doing something which is the root cause of our downfall

We are just mere instruments in the hand of the Supreme Lord! It's HE who does through us.

Thoughts? #gameoflife