Valmiki ke baare mein 10 raaz jo aap nahi jaante

Ramayan ke rachayita Maharishi Valmiki ki jayanti 9 October 2022, Sunday ko manayi jayegi. Kaha jaata hai ki unka janam Ashwin mahina ki Sharad Purnima ke din hua tha. Valmiki ne hi Shri Ram ke jeevan ki katha likhi thi. Desh bhar mein kai samaj ke log unki jayanti manate hain aur unki pooja karte hain. Chaliye jaante hain Maharishi Valmiki ke baare mein 10 khas baatein.

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Pehli kavita kab likhi gayi? Yeh batana mushkil hai. Lekin, Sanskrit ke aadi kavi Valmiki ke baare mein kaha jaata hai ki pehli kavyabhi vyakti unhi ki zubaan se hui – matlab unhone sabse pehle poetry likhi.

Unhone Ramayan tab likhi jab Ravan-vadh ke baad Ram ka rajyaabhishek ho chuka tha. Vanvaas ke dauran Bhagwan Shri Ram, Lakshman aur Sita sahit Maharishi Valmiki ke aashram gaye the.

Ek baar Valmiki apne shishya Bhardwaj ke saath snan karne gaye. Wahan nadi kinare ek ped par kraunch pakshiyon ka joda apne mein magan tha. Tabhi ek vyadh (hunter) ne us jode mein se nar kraunch ko apne baan se maar diya. Rohti hui maada kraunch ne bhayanak vilaap kiya. Ye dil dukhad incident dekhkar Valmiki ke muh se apne aap yeh shlok nikal pada –
“Ma nishad pratishtham tvamagamah shashwati samah, yat kraunch mithunadekam avadheeh kamamohitam”
(Isi shlok ke saath unki kavi-yatra shuru hui.)

Jab Valmiki ne Ramayan likh li, tab Ram dwara tyaagi gayi, pregnant Sita bhatakti hui unke aashram aayi. Valmiki ne unhe beti ki tarah apna aashray diya. Wahan Sita ne do judwaa beton – Lav aur Kush – ko janam diya. Valmiki ne unhe shastra aur shaastra dono ki shiksha di. Inhi bachon ko unhone apni likhi Ramkatha yaad karayi, jise baad mein Uttarakhand (Uttarakanda) naam diya. Lav-Kush ne wahi Ramkatha Ram ke darbaar mein ashwamegh yajna ke mauke par sunayi thi.

Maharishi Kashyap aur Aditi ke 9th bete Varun se inka janam hua. Maa Charshani aur bhai Bhrigu the. Varun ka ek naam Prachet bhi hai, isliye Valmiki ko Prachetas bhi kaha jaata hai. Yeh apne bhai Bhrigu ki tarah param gyaani the.

Maana jaata hai ki janam ke baad ek bheel (tribal) parivaar ne inhe chura liya tha aur unhi ne inka paalan-poshan kiya. Valmiki ne Ramayan mein khud ko Pracheta ka putra bataya hai.

Bheel samuday mein ye Ratnakar ke naam se jaane jaate the. Ghar chalaane ke liye logon ko loota karte the. Lekin Narad muni ke sampark mein aakar ye adhyatm ki aur mud gaye aur Ram naam japne lage.

Ek baar dhyan mein baithe hue inke sharir ko deemakon (termites) ne apna ghar bana liya. Jab ye dhyan se uthkar us baambee (valmiki) se bahar aaye, toh log inhe Valmiki kehne lage.

Kaha jaata hai ki Maharishi Valmiki Ramayan likhkar Bhagwan Shankar ke paas Kailash gaye. Unhe laga ki main sabse pehle ye kaam karne wala hoon. Lekin wahan jaakar pata chala ki Hanuman ji ne already ek Ramayan likh di thi (jo shila par likhi thi). Thoda niraash huye, toh Hanuman ji ne apni woh Ramayan samundar mein phenk di.

Brahma ji ke kehne par hi Valmiki ne Ramayan likhi. Brahma ji ki prerana se hi kraunch pakshi ke vadh par unke mukh se pehla shlok nikla. Valmiki ne Ramayan mein 24,000 shlok likhe hain.

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