Samkshepa Ramayanam 1.1: Translated by P.R.Ramachander
========================================================================= Saturday, 22 Jul 2023 05:30. Chapter 1. Valmiki Ramayana - 1. ========================================================================= The Samkshepa Ramayanam is the first chapter of Valmiki Ramayana. In this chapter Valmiki, looking to write an epic asks Narada Muni for a topic. Narada tells him to write about Rama and explains to him in brief the story of Rama. The great sage Valmiki asked Sage Narada who always is busy in meditation and mastering the Vedas and who is the greatest among people who knows Vedas[1]., 1 Who exists at present in this world who has all good qualities, who is valorous, who is the one devoted to just action, who is grateful and who tells only truth in all circumstances., 2 Who is that man who has all the good characters, who does only good to all animals, who is extremely knowledgeable, who is capable of doing rightly all actions and who only shows love outside., 3 Who is that man w