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Teacher: The Sage NarratorThe caption will appear here as the teacher speaks.
Valmiki's question to Narada, the krauncha birds, and how grief became the first verse.
को न्वस्मिन् साम्प्रतं लोके गुणवान् कश्च वीर्यवान्।
धर्मज्ञश्च कृतज्ञश्च सत्यवाक्यो दृढव्रतः॥Transliteration: ko nv asmin sāmprataṃ loke guṇavān kaś ca vīryavān | dharmajñaś ca kṛtajñaś ca satyavākyo dṛḍhavrataḥ ||
मा निषाद प्रतिष्ठां त्वमगमः शाश्वतीः समाः।
यत्क्रौञ्चमिथुनादेकमवधीः काममोहितम्॥Transliteration: mā niṣāda pratiṣṭhāṃ tvam agamaḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ | yat krauñca-mithunād ekam avadhīḥ kāma-mohitam ||
Every verse in this lecture can be checked against these texts.
Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda
1.1.2
Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda
Sarga 1 (Narada's summary, paraphrased)
Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda
1.2.15 (Gita Press numbering)
Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda
Sarga 2 (shoka becomes shloka; Brahma's request, paraphrased)
This lecture was narrated from texts reviewed by our scholar reviewers. The teacher character is an artistic interpretation.
The Sage Narrator is an artistic character, not a historical person. Where a story comes from later tradition rather than the critical text, he says so.