Nitya Raama Smaranam - Baala Kaanda- 01
Reminiscing our Purushottama's Sri Rama's childhood.
Maharishi Valmiki hears the Ramayana!
Yes…you read that right! Maharishi Valmiki has given us the Aadi Kaavya, but do you know who told him Shri Rama’s story?
• It is Devarishi Narada who first narrates the story of Shri Rama to Maharishi Valmiki. This is known as the Moola Ramayana, a summary of the entire epic in 100 verses. Devarishi Narada says that he has heard the story of the Purushottama, the ideal human, with all the ideal gunas (attributes) from Brahmadeva. Maharishi Valmiki expands Devarishi Narada’s narration in poetic form into the Valmiki Ramayana we know of today.
