This sloka is regarded as Ramayana's First Sloka. One day Valmiki was travelling beside Ganga and He suddenly heard sweet chirping of birds. Valmiki moved towards the sound and discovered that two Krouncha birds - male and female were romancing (having physical romance). That was a very beautiful scene. Valmiki felt delighted, He kept watching the birds standing there. The two male and female birds were completely absorbed and lost in each other.
Suddenly Valmiki heard a loud cry of pain and noticed the male bird fell on the ground. Thick red blood came out of its chest. Valmiki understood that the male bird has been shot. Yes, actually it was. A hunter threw an arrow towards the bird. The hunter soon came there to collect the dead body of the bird.
But, Valmiki was very much sad and angry. He said to that hunter, "Not only human being, but, even animal couples should not be hurt/disturbed when they are romancing being Kaammohitam. You have done a sin by doing it etc"
Actually, Valmiki said this in Sanskrit. And that is the first Sloka of the oldest epic of India- Ramayana!
The sloka is-
Maa Nishada Pratistham Tvamagamahsāsvati Samaa
Yat Kraunchamithunaadekam Avadhi Kaamamohitam
Later Lord Bramha came to him (Valmiki) and requested Him to write Ramayana. But, actually this was the first Sloka of Ramayana!
After valmiki uttered that sloka, HE neither thought of ramayana or any thing.he was pondering over that sloka only.Narada came and after valmiki asked about a person then living , a human, with sixteen qualities, Narada told him Sankshepa ramayanam.ThIS CREATED INTEREST IN VALMIKI.But Brahma Deva came and blessed Valmiki with boons that HE would know every thing that happened , happening and would happen in Ramayanam incuding what every one is thinking in mind too, Valmiki then wrote Ramayana.Maa nishaada is not the First sloka , nor it inspired Valmiki to write Ramayan....Radhakrishna
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But, is not this sloka regarded as Ramayana's first sloka (still)?
ReplyDeletehere krowncha bird pair mating in a wrong way (krowncha= not in correct path) represents ravana and his wife . out of which male one is killed by maa nishada(the black lord) not hunter but rama .because it is kaamamohitham (full of lust). So a single slokaa, for whole ramayana
ReplyDeleteAadho Rama thapo vananu gamanam, Hathwa mrugam kanchanam,
ReplyDeleteVaidehi haranam, jatayu maranam, Sugreeva sambhashanam,
Bali nigrahanam, samudhra tharanam, Lanka pureem dahanam,
Paschad Ravana Kumbha karna madanam, Ethat ithi Ramayanam