“You cannot count on the physical proximity of someone you love, all the time. A seed that sprouts at the foot of its parent tree remains stunted until it is transplanted. Rama will be in my care, and he will be quite well. But ultimately, he will leave me too. Every human being, when the time comes, has to depart to seek his fulfillment in his own way.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“He lit the night he brought with the fire that puts out the planets when time ends.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Valmiki the Poet held all the moving world inside a water drop in his hand.
The gods and saints from heaven looked down on Lanka,
And Valmiki looked down at the gods in the morning of Time.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Ravana all your wealth is wasted, what's the use of being rich if you won't spend your gold to do good for other people?”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“In all this world, I pray thee, who Is virtuous, heroic, true?”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“In a world where we are accustomed to rivalries over possession, authority, and borders, and people clashing over the issue, “Ours,” or “Mine, not yours,” it is rather strange to find two people debating whose the kingdom is not, and asserting: “Yours, not mine.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Ah! Warriors' strength is poor and slight; A Bráhman's power is truly might. This Bráhman staff the hermit held The fury of my darts has quelled.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Válmíki,(2)bird of charming song,(3) Who mounts on Poesy’s sublimest spray, And sweetly sings with accent clear and strong Ráma, aye Ráma, in his deathless lay. Where breathes the man can listen to the strain That flows in music from Válmíki’s tongue, Nor feel his feet the path of bliss attain When Ráma’s glory by the saint is sung!”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“And the high mandate of his sire. Led by the Lord who rules the sky, The Gods and heavenly saints drew nigh, And honoured him with worthy meed, Rejoicing in each glorious deed. His task achieved, his foe removed, He triumphed, by the Gods approved. By grace of Heaven he raised to life The chieftains slain in mortal strife; Then in the magic chariot through The clouds to Nandigráma flew. Met by his faithful brothers there, He loosed his votive coil of hair: Thence fair Ayodhyá's town he gained, And o'er his father's kingdom reigned. Disease or famine ne'er oppressed His happy people, richly blest”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“I want you to remember, always, that no man who sits upon a throne likes to hear another man being praised. Never praise me in Bharata’s presence or show how much you miss me. Don’t speak of me at all before him.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Even when you realize that the one before you is an enemy and must be treated sternly, do not hurt with words.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Don’t grieve too much. This hour of parting is the hardest; the years will pass before you know they have come and gone. They will pass as night does in sleep, and I will return to you.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Whatever a man does, good or evil, comes back to him someday. And he pays for everything.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“The Shastras say that a son who does not obey his father has no place in heaven.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“It is not that mother Kaikeyi is evil, or that she hates me; only that destiny uses her, even against her own nature.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Then Raghu's son, as if in sport, Before the thousands of the court, The weapon by the middle raised That all the crowd in wonder gazed.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Be gracious, Master, and allow The worlds to rest from trouble now;”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Gainst him, a mighty warrior too. Strong, as a soldier born and bred,— Great, as a king whom regions dread. See! what a host the conqueror leads, With elephants, and cars, and steeds. O'er countless bands his pennons fly; So is he mightier far than I.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Rama glanced at her whenever a beautiful object caught his eye. Every tint of the sky, every shape of a flower or bud, every elegant form of a creeper reminded him of some aspect or other of Sita’s person.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Their way, so cool with verdant shade. Then Sítá viewed that best of trees, And”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Then lest the people should repeat Their visit to his calm retreat, Away from Chitrakúṭa's hill Fared Ráma ever onward”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“59. Saccharum Munja is a plant from whose fibres is twisted the sacred string which a Bráhman wears over one shoulder after he has been initiated by a rite which in some respects answers to confirmation. 60. A description of an Aśvamedha or”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Then spoke at length the warder maid, With hands upraised and sore afraid: “My Lord and King, the queen has sought The mourner's cell with rage distraught.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Then as each daughter left her bower King Janak gave a splendid dower, Rugs, precious silks, a warrior force, Cars, elephants, and foot, and horse, Divine to see”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
“Great gifts are not given easily and I waited years before I had you.”
― Vālmīki, quote from Ramayana
Vālmīki
Born place: India
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