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THE SOURCE OF INDIAN CIVILISATION - THE FIRST POET BHAGWAN VALMIKI JI

Valmiki Ramayana is an ideal book depict and describe the Indian Civilization. Indian Civilization has been thoroughly described in it. The word civilization mean 'best creation' implies endeavours of the man through which he tries to achieve peace of mind and satisfaction in the worldly matters, in next life, social, spiritualistic, economic and political fields. These endeavors can be called for him the basic civilised endeavours. Otherwise the endeavours about the body also come within the perimeter of these endeavours but in these the superior endeavours come under the definition of best + creations. Civilization is the souls of a country or nation. The culture of a country or nation comes to be known through the civilization of that country or nation. Through the norms of the culture that nation build the ideals and principles of the social and community life. The civilization depicts the qualities of the nation though which the specific style and system of that particular nation come to be known and which are stressed upon uniformly. Valmiki Ramayana paints a detailed and wholesome picture of the contemporary society. All the Shlokas of Valmiki Ramayana bring before us the complete picture of the Indian Civilization.

Thus for the peace, happiness and peaceful development of the human society "the rare saying" maa nishada pratishthan" took place in this world. The first Poet, who was moved by the sorrowful pain of the female crane, the great reverable soul full of compassion, guiding the whole humanity in religion and tradition, the great grand of the Indian Civilization, being revered the rich and poor, is the source of our civilization. He is a visionary -a visionary poet. He is neither the doer nor the subject nor the object, he is only an observer. It means whatever is happening he is totally oblivious to it. But he is knows more and beyond. Because a person who is involved he knows only to the limit of his involvement but a visionary looks beyond those limits, he knows the totality. He is Almighty, All knowing and All seeing In the unlimited ocean of poetry, the poet is Almighty. He is true depicted because he sees the Truth.

Why the Indian Epics, which were recorded on the bark of the trees, pieces of leather or leaves or baked bricks thousands of years ago is considered important even today. Because these Epics not only present those incidents in poetic form, they are not only of historic importance, they don't depict only the human beings but this Epics visualize unlimited horizons. To indicate all that is the duty of the poet. The Epic is the mirror of life and the picture of the mirror in its clarity depends upon the vision and the greatness of the Poet. Bhagwan Valmiki has visualised and ideal human society in his epic 'Ramayana'.

The credit of building a spirit of unity of the whole Indian Nation and its undivided civilization goes to Bhagwan Valmiki Ji, because in the Great Epic the importance to study of civilization has not been limited to its values from the angle of principles or reduction. This forms the base of the India's Culture and Civilization. This depicts those fine feelings which involve our family life, which has unified in one string the whole Indian humanity from Kailash to Kanya Kumari and from the Western Sea to the Eastern Ocean.

These is no language of the world, whose poets have not bowed reverently to Bhagwan Valmiki Ji, the creator of this Epic. The story of Valmiki Ramayana has gone deep into the hearts of the human beings, crossing all the barriers of language, country, caste, creed, and time.

Its impact on national level can be felt even today. As regards the Indian Literature, Valmiki Ramayana has been its generator from the very beginning. For the Sanskrit it literature has been inexhaustible source throughout. The poets Kalidasa, Bhavbhooti, Dinnang Kshamnder, Murari, Ashavghosh, Bhash and Rajeshwar etc have got inspiration and ready material from this Epic. Besides the writers of Mahabharata and Puranas, the poets, dramatists and writers of Indian languages have been getting inspiration from this Great Epic from the very early days and have been creating their literary works. Even Baudhas and Jains have not remained untouched of the impact of the civilization depicted in the Ramayana. In Dashratha Jataka we can see the Budha form of the Ramayana story. In 'Padmacharya' the story of Ramayana has been narrated. On the order of the Mughal King Akbar, Ramayana was translated into Persian language. In the regional language we find 'Tamil Ramayana' by Kamban in Telgu. We find 'Duepada Ramayana' in Malyalam Adhaytam Ramayana, in Kannada we see "Terve Ramayana by Narhare, in Gujrati it is Ram Vilas Chritra in Rajasthani "Raghunatha Gito ro" in Bangla it is Kritivas Ramayana by Kritivas Ojha, In Kashmiri it is R' Ram Avtar Chitra by Parkash Bhatt, in Assamese it is "Madhavakndli Ramayana", in Oriya it is 'Bhavartha Ramayana' by Eknath, in Hindi it Ramcharitmanas by Tulsidas. Besides these if we study the numerous compositions based on this Epic in Tibet, Sinhalese, Thailand, Indichina, Mayanamar, and Indonesia and other countries we would, unhesitatingly say that the immortal Epic of Ramayana by the First Poet has become an important part of the culture and civilization not only of India but of the Asian countries.

Religion is the real base of Indian culture and civilization. Religion being wholly truthful is such an ideal which is followed by all beings with good character blissfully. Poweful tries like Yavana, Shakya and Hoons came to India from time to time. And their existence melted away in the oblivion with the passage of ti