Valmeki Ramayana is an ideal book to depict and describe the Indian
civilization. Indian Civilization has been thoroughly described init. The
word civilization means best creation implies endeavours of the man through
which he tries to achieve peace of mind and satisfaction in the worldly
matters in next life ,social, spiritualistic, economic and political fields.
These endeavors can be called for him the basic civilized endeavours.
Otherwise the endeavours about the body also come within the perimeter of
these endeavours but in these the superior endeavours come under the
definition of best creations. Civilization is the souls of a country or
nation. The culture of a country or nation comes to be know through
the civilization of that country or nation. Through the norms of the culture
that nation builds the ideals and principles of the social and community
life. The civilization depicts the qualities of the nation though which the
specific style and system of that particular nation though which the
specific style and system of that particular nation come to be known and
which are stressed non uniformly. Valmeki Ramayana paints a detailed
and wholesome picture of the contemporary society. All the shlokas of
Valmeki Ramayana bring before us the complete picture of the Indian
Civilization.
Thus for the peace,
happiness and peaceful development of the human society “the rare” saying
“mm nishad pratishthan ” took place in this world. The first poet who was
moved by the sorrowful pain of the female crane, the great reverable soul
full of compassion, guiding the whole humanity in religion and tradition ,
the great grand of the Indian civilization being revered the rich and poor
is the source of our civilization. He is a visionar- a visionary poet. He is
neither the doer nor the subject nor the object he is only observer. It
means whatever is happening he is totally not involved in it. But it
does not men that what is happening he is totally oblivious to it. But
he is know more and beyond. Because a person who is involved he knows only
to the limits he knows the totally. He is almighty. All knowing and all
seeing in the unlimited ocean of poetry, the poet is almighty. He is true
depicted because he sees the truth.
Why the
Indian epics
which were recorded on the bark of the trees, pieces of leather or
leaves or barked bricks thousands of years ago is considered important
even
today. Because thee epics not only present those incidents in poetic
form
they are not only of historic importance they don’t depict only the
human
beings but this epics visualize unlimited horizons. To indicate all
that is
the duty of the poet. The epic is the mirror of life and the picture of
the
mirror in its clarity depends upon the vision and the greatness of the
poet. Bhagwan Valmeki has visualized an ideal human society in his epic
“Ramayana”.
The
credit of building a spirit of unity of the whole Indian Nation and its
undivided civilization goes to Bhagwan Valmeki ji, because in the great epic
the importance to study of civilization has not been limited to its values
from the angle of principles or reductions. This forms the base of the
India’s Culture and Civilization. This depicts those fine feelings which
involve out family life, which has unified in one string the whole Indian
humanity form Kailash to Kanya Kumari and from the Western Sea to the
Eastern Ocean.
There is no language
of the world ,whose poets have not bowed reverently to Bhagwan Valmeki Ji
the creator of this Epic. The story of Valmeki Ramayana has gone deep into
the hearts of the human beings crossing all the barriers of language,
country, caste, creed and time.
Its impact on national
level can be felt even today. As regards the Indian literature, Valmeki
Ramayana has been its generator from the very beginning. For the Sanskrit it
Literature has been inexhaustible source throughout. The poets Kalidasa,
Bhavbhooti, Dinnang Kshmnder, Murari, Ashavghosh, Bhash and Rajeshwar etc.
have got inspiration and ready material from this epic. Besides the writers
of Mahabharta and Puranas the poets , dramatists and writers of Indian
Language have been getting inspiration from this Great Epic from the very
early days and have been creating their literary works. Even Baudhas and
Jains have not remains untouched of the impact of the civilization depicted
in the Ramayana. In Dashratha Jatka we can see the Baudha from the Ramayana
story. In Padmacharya the story of Ramayana have been narrated. On the order
of the Mughal King Akbar, Ramayana was translated into Persian language. In
the regional language we find Duped Ramayan in Malayalam Daytime Ramayana in
Kannada we see Terse Ramayana by Narwhale in Gujarat it is Ram Vilas Chirr,
in Rajasthani Raghunatha Ruprugito ro in Bangla it is Kritivas
Ramayana by Kritivas Ojha, In kashmiri it is R Ram Avtar Chirr by Prakash
Bhatt, In assamese it MadhavakndliRamayana in oriya it is vilanka Ramayana
by Saraladas,in Marathi it is Bhavartha Ramayana by Eknath, in Hindia it
ramchritmanas by Tusidas. Besides these it we study the numerous
compositions based on this epic in Tibet, Sinhalses, Thailand. Indichina
Mayamar and Indonesia and other countries we would unhesitatingly say
that immortal epic of Ramayana by the first poet has become an important
part of the culture and civilization not only of India but of the Asian
Countries.
Religion is the
realbase of Indian culture and civilization. Religion being wholly truthful
in such an ideal which is followed by all beings with good character
blissfully. Powerful tribes like Yavana,Shakya and Hons came to India
from time to time. And their existence melted away in the oblivion with the
passage of time. But on the basis of sacred civilization of Valmeki Ramayana
the religions is still alive here. Bhagwan Valmeki has maintained religion
as the main aim of the life. By religion he meant :
Ahua : satyan hei parmal
Dharma dharamvido jana :
(2/14-3)
O enlightened ones truth is the prime religion
In
this world truth is god. The religion survives on the basis of truth. Truth
is the root of everything. There is no other prime status except truth
“Sataya meweshvro lokay”.
To obey the command of the parents is the religion o f the son.
“eish dharashya sushronei”.
Bhagwan Valmeki ji say that according to religion for a good person elder
brother is like father.
“pita hei bhavati jayshto”
What gets wealth and comfort with the religion. One gets everything in
religion. In this world the religion is the essence
“dharamadarth prabhvati”.
In the first epic Valmeki
Ramayana in the family religion has been described the duties of the son
towards the parents, the ideal relations amongst the brothers how the
husband and wife should behave towards each other and besides all this the
character of Sita has been depicted as lofty ideal. Bhagwan Valmeki ji
through the medium of sita’s character has depicted the qualities of purity,
goodness ,devotion and faithfulness to the husband in very impressive
way. Swami Vivekananda said that Have I describe the Indian Civilization in
two words then I would say Sita. Bhagwan Valmeki made daughter of King
janaka sita a symbo of ideal Indian woman to say that it is the husband who
lends support to the woman in this as well as in the next world. Her
father, son , mother , her friends and even her own body they are not
her true helpers.
“na pitanatmjovatma na mata na sakhi jana”.
Raghunandan if you are proceeding to the difficult forest even today then I
will lead precede you walking on the prickly grass and thorns. I will live
in the forest comfortably as I used to live in the house of my father. I
will consider the comforts of all thethree world as nothing and will
continuously serve you thinking it my duty as religion of a wife.
“such vane nivatsyami yatharva bhavene pitu”.
There I will not
give you any trouble shall remain by your side and shall
depend upon fruits an roots etc. there is not an iota of doubt in my these
words.
“natnatri vadyate veena”.
As a veena cannot produce a sound without a string , a vehicle cannot move
without wheels similarly a wife can not be happy without her husband even if
she may be the mother to a hundred sons. Father , brother and son can give
comfort only to a certain limit but it is the husband who gives her
unlimited comfort. In his service in lies her betterment in this and also
the next world.
How a woman has to
give up the whole motherly love and the love for all her near and dear ones
life of sita has become a beacon of truth and purity since time immemorial.
This has given a new direction to the Indian culture and civilization. The
first epic Valmeki Ramayana has kept the whole Indian society unified in a
single string. This story of self-denial, chivalry and love of husband-wife
has circulated in the world on such a scale which has no parallel. Ramayana
is such a treasure from which the whole world can enrich and benefit itself.
The originator of the India's culture the first poet Bhagwan Valmeki ji felt
the myths of the nature from its beginning to the end and he had achieved
the supreme state. That a why that the creator of the great epic Ramayana ,
Maharishi Valmeki ji has been called Bhagwan by the great scholars in their
works.
It is mentioned in Vishnu Purana that six elements ; Glory ,Religion
Fame , Fortune, Knowledge and Asceticism in are called ‘Bhag’ and a person
who attains all these six elements he is Bhagwan in real sense.
“Aishwarye, samgrasye,
dharmasye, yashsasheshrye /
Gyan viragyeyo shichava
shashna bhag itirna //”
The word Bhagwan has been formed by combining Bhag + Wan. The meaning of
Bhag is the main gift of the nature meaning one who nurtures the source of
every body one who ends and creates and the meaning of wan is the owner of
the nature.
Bhagwan
Valmeki had achieved the supreme state of yoga therefore he had attained the
supreme glory. Such a blessed glory is not available to any worldly being.
The kings to whom the public bows they bow before Mahamuni Kamleshwar
Bhagwan Valmeki ji. As Bhagwan Valmeki ji had attained the bhag in the shape
of blissful glory that is why the scholarly people call Jagadguru Valmeki Ji
Bhagwan.
The rules of the code
which can be adopted are called religion. Bhagwan Valmeki ji have given in
the holy Ramayana such adoptable rules for the common man in the shape of
inspiring gospels and religious persons after pondering over them have
written. The first poet Bhagwan Valmeki ji as Bhagwan because Bhagwan
Valmeki Ji had attained the Bhag in the shape of religion.
Bhagwan Valmeki Ji is supreme in Knowledge. His three lakh followers studied
in his holy ashram. Therefore on seeing Bhag of knowledge that he possessed
the learned men have called Prabhu Valmeki Ji as Bhagwan.
The fame of Bhagwan
Valmeki had spread the world over his education and his Ramayana brought him
such renown which has no parallel so far. Therefore the men of
knowledge seeing this bhag in the shame of fame the called him Bhagwan.
In the worldly
parlance glory is called wealth. The worldly people have unstable glory
called wealth. On the other hand the spiritualistic people have the
stable wealth i.e. glory. That is why the first poet Valmeki Ji who had
attained Glory is called Bhagwan.
Asceticism means to remain aloof… Bhagwan Valmeki Ji remained aloof from the
worldly entanglements as a lily flower remains aloof from the mud from which
grows. The people who understand asceticism who discovered bhag in the shape
of asceticism they joyfully called out O Bhagwan Valmeki Ji you are
Bhagwan we bow our heads to you.
As Bhagwan Valmeki ji had
attained all the six bhags in the shape of bliss ,religion,glory,knowledge
, fame and asceticism has was enlightened with his renown therefore in the
ancient Indian Literature Bhagwan Valmeki ji has been addressed as Bhagwan
innumerous times :-
1. Bhagwan Valmeki
- Mahakavi Bhavbhooti (UttarRamchritr) P 91
-Ding nag(Kundmala)p.155
3. Adikaviye Bhagvate
-Halayudkosh p.214
4. Bhagwan Valmeki
The
first poet Valmeki in his creation First Epic Ramayana has depicted the
traditions of contemporary social life on such a grand canvas that it
romanticizes the reader. This is the fact that thousand years old happening
touches the hearts of unlimited number of people in the world.
Dr. Shanti Kumar Nanuram Vyas writes like this :- “Valmeki Ramayana through
the living descriptions of traditions, ideals, concerns, desires and
feelings of the olden times has become a valuable treasure of Indian culture
and Civilization. It can be compared to a mountain from the top of which we
can visualize clearly the social, economic, political and artistic
activities of the ancient Indian Society on the whole. The epic of the first
Poet Valmeki depicts some unknown aspects of the contemporary Indian Society
so vividly which is not available from any other source. Maharishi Valmeki
is the great grandfather of our national ideals. The eternal seeds of
culture, civilization ,religion and truth sown by the first poet are still
blooming”
In an issue of Dinmaan weekly it has been mentioned :- If independent India
continues to give priority to the human religion as inspired by Valmeki
Ramayana her future will continue to be bright.
Seeing this impact of the Valmeki Ramayana this saying of Mr. A.A.Macdonnel
seems to be true:-
“No product of Sanskrit Literature
has enjoyed a greater
popularity down to the present
day than the Ramayan”
M.Winternitz has written in his book in the praise of Valmeki Ramayan :-
“As perhaps no other poem in the
entire world literature has
influenced the whole thinking and
writing of the
folk through all the Centuries”
“As long as the mountais stand,
As long as the rivers are on the earth
So long will in this world
The song of Ramayana continue to live”
Similarly Manmath Nath Dutt M.A has written :-
“No other piece of literature except the bible
has such a universal impact.
There is no doubt that the first epic
Valmeki Ramayana is
valued in the field of literature like the
world famous gem koh-e-noor”
With the research on the Valmeki Ramayana we come to know about the great
qualities and achievements and attainments of Bhagwan Valmeki Ji that he was
a personification of yoga,knowledge,poetry and the founder of the great
traditions of truth and justice and religion. In reality he was the source
of India Culture.
Dr. Dev Singh Assur "Assur"
Valmeki Research Centre.
Sangrur- 148001 (PB), India
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