Valmiki

Valmiki was a saint who composed Ramayan in Sanskrit. This epic depicts the life of Lord Ram, the god of Hindu's.

He had been a hunter and a highway robber in his early life when he was known by the name of Ranakar. He was reclaimed by the seven seers and eventually turned out a great seer and poet.

As the story goes, the saints instructed him in the holy name of Ram. Completely immersed in sin he was, however, unable to utter the word. The seers, therefore, asked him to repeat the name in the reverse order. In this way he was eventually able to utter the name correctly and in course of time became so fond of repeating it that he ultimately turned out to be a pious sage and seer and related the story of Sri Ram in fine verse even before His advent.

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