One day Valmiki was sitting in a forest meditating on the name of Rama. On an adjoining tree, a pair of egrets playing around. (Note : The bird being mentioned in the Ramayana is the Krauncha bird. This is colloquially referred to as Koonj in Hindi).
A hunter had been observing the birds for long, and taking a chance, he shot an arrow which struck one of the birds. The wounded bird fell on Valmiki's lap.Putting a hand on his ear, Valmiki said you have killed a living being in my presence. You have killed someone who was innocent and for this you will have to suffer. Valmiki cursed the hunter. The curse itself came out in the form of a shloka from Valmiki's mouth. The curse started with MA NISHADA.
Valmiki quickly wrote he had just uttered. He could not understand himself, what he had just said.
(As per Valmiki Ramayana : the shloka is
Maa Nishada Pratistham Tvamagamahsāsvati Samaa
Yat Kraunchamithunaadekam Avadhi Kaamamohitam )
He searched out the sage Bharadwaj who was residing near by and asked him to explain what this meant. Brahma sent Narada to the place where Valmiki was.
Seeing Narada, Valmiki bowed down before him. He told Narada about the Shloka and the sage explained to Valmiki what the shloka meant.
(O fowler, don’t live for long. Let this be the end of your life. When the male krouncha was with his partner with joy, you killed him. This is the cruelest of acts that one can deal to one who is most innocent. As you have dealt a deathblow to one of the two doves who was most innocent and not deserving of this harm, I utter this word of immediate annihilation of yourself.)
Narada then asked Valmiki to write about Rama in the same meter as the shloka. He said thus about a king called a Dasharatha who will be born in the solar dynasty. To kill Ravana, Narayana will born as Rama, as one of his sons. He will have three other sons - Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna. The four brothers will be born of three mothers. Sita was born in the house of Janaka. Rama will string a bow and make Sita his wife. To fulfil a promise of his father, Rama will go to the forest along with Lakshmama and Sita. Ravana will kidnap Sita. Hanuman will facilitate Rama's meeting with Sugriva. Rama will kill Vali and make Sugriva king. With Sugriva's help Rama will kill the ten headed Ravana. Rama will come back to Ayodhya and be crowned king. Agastya will tell Rama about the greatness of Ravana. Rama will exile Sita. Lakshamana will come and keep Sita with you. She will give birth to two sons, Kusha and Lava. You will teach them the epic, Ramayana. Rama will be united with his sons and handing over his kingdom to his sons, Rama will leave this earth. What I have told you, will happen once Rama is born. Saying this Narada left and Valmiki, having got a direction, with the help of the Goddess Saraswati, started his epic composition.
A hunter had been observing the birds for long, and taking a chance, he shot an arrow which struck one of the birds. The wounded bird fell on Valmiki's lap.Putting a hand on his ear, Valmiki said you have killed a living being in my presence. You have killed someone who was innocent and for this you will have to suffer. Valmiki cursed the hunter. The curse itself came out in the form of a shloka from Valmiki's mouth. The curse started with MA NISHADA.
Valmiki quickly wrote he had just uttered. He could not understand himself, what he had just said.
(As per Valmiki Ramayana : the shloka is
Maa Nishada Pratistham Tvamagamahsāsvati Samaa
Yat Kraunchamithunaadekam Avadhi Kaamamohitam )
He searched out the sage Bharadwaj who was residing near by and asked him to explain what this meant. Brahma sent Narada to the place where Valmiki was.
Seeing Narada, Valmiki bowed down before him. He told Narada about the Shloka and the sage explained to Valmiki what the shloka meant.
(O fowler, don’t live for long. Let this be the end of your life. When the male krouncha was with his partner with joy, you killed him. This is the cruelest of acts that one can deal to one who is most innocent. As you have dealt a deathblow to one of the two doves who was most innocent and not deserving of this harm, I utter this word of immediate annihilation of yourself.)
Narada then asked Valmiki to write about Rama in the same meter as the shloka. He said thus about a king called a Dasharatha who will be born in the solar dynasty. To kill Ravana, Narayana will born as Rama, as one of his sons. He will have three other sons - Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna. The four brothers will be born of three mothers. Sita was born in the house of Janaka. Rama will string a bow and make Sita his wife. To fulfil a promise of his father, Rama will go to the forest along with Lakshmama and Sita. Ravana will kidnap Sita. Hanuman will facilitate Rama's meeting with Sugriva. Rama will kill Vali and make Sugriva king. With Sugriva's help Rama will kill the ten headed Ravana. Rama will come back to Ayodhya and be crowned king. Agastya will tell Rama about the greatness of Ravana. Rama will exile Sita. Lakshamana will come and keep Sita with you. She will give birth to two sons, Kusha and Lava. You will teach them the epic, Ramayana. Rama will be united with his sons and handing over his kingdom to his sons, Rama will leave this earth. What I have told you, will happen once Rama is born. Saying this Narada left and Valmiki, having got a direction, with the help of the Goddess Saraswati, started his epic composition.
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