Also known as Adi Kavi.

Valmiki

वाल्मीकि

The sage-poet (in later tradition a former robber) whose grief at a hunter's cruelty became the very first poem.

Embodies

  • Renunciation — Letting go of a throne, a claim, a life — without bitterness.
  • Dharma — Right action when every choice costs something — the question the whole epic turns on.

Relationships

Key episodes

Questions to explore

  • How did a robber become the first of all poets?
  • What was the grief that turned into the first shloka?

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