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Valmiki is celebrated as the poet harbinger in Sanskrit literature. He is the author of the epic Ramayana, based on the attribution in the text of the epic itself.He is revered as the Adi Kavi, which means First Poet, for he discovered the first śloka i.e. first verse, which set the base and defined the form to Sanskrit poetry. The Yoga Vasistha is attributed to him. A religious movement called Valmikism is based on Valmiki's teachings as presented in the Ramayana and the Yoga Vasistha.
At least by the 1st century AD, Valmiki's reputation as the father of Sanskrit classical poetry seems to have been legendary. Ashvagosha writes in the Buddhacarita,
"The voice of Valmiki uttered poetry which the great seer Chyavana could not compose."
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	Ramayana by Vālmīki, William Buck (Translator), B.A. van Nooten (Introduction) 4.20 avg rating — 5,430 ratings — published -400 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Valmiki Ramayana Vol. 1 by Vālmīki, Bibek Debroy (Translator) 4.49 avg rating — 418 ratings — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yoga Vasishta Sara by Vālmīki, V.S. Ramanan (Preface), Sureshananda Swami (Translator) 4.65 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1973 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Valmiki Ramayana Vol. 2 by Vālmīki, Bibek Debroy (Translator) 4.58 avg rating — 202 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Valmiki Ramayana Vol. 3 by Vālmīki, Bibek Debroy (Translator) 4.52 avg rating — 166 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	বাল্মীকি রামায়ণ by Vālmīki, Rajshekhar Basu (Translator) 4.16 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ramayan Of Valmiki - Volume III by Vālmīki, Ralph Thomas Hotchkin Griffith (Translator) 4.37 avg rating — 75 ratings — published -500 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Rāmāyaṇa of Vālmīki: The Complete English Translation by Vālmīki, Robert P. Goldman (Translator), Sally J. Sutherland Goldman (Translator) 4.20 avg rating — 49 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Ramayana: Tomo Uno y Dos by Vālmīki, Juan Bautista Bergua (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rama the Steadfast: An Early Form of the Ramayana by Vālmīki, John Brockington (Translator), Mary Brockington (Translator) 3.64 avg rating — 39 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Valmiki Ramayana (Penguin edition) (3 books)
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“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.”
― Valmiki, The Ramayana

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“Misfortune is the best fortune.
Rejection by all is victory.”
― Vālmīki

tags: fortune, hinduism, rejection, victory

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“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.”
― Valmiki, The Ramayana: A Modern Retelling of the Great Indian Epic

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