| Valmiki Samhita | |
|---|---|
| Pancharatra | |
| Information | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Author | Valmiki |
| Language | Sanskrit |
| Chapters | 6 |
| Verses | 529 |
The Valmiki Samhita (Sanskrit: वाल्मीकिसंहिता, romanized: Vālmīkisaṁhitā) is a Sanskrit text of six chapters. It comes under the Narada Panchratra. The Valmiki Samhita[1] is attributed to the worship of Rama and Sita. It describes them to be the ultimate reality.
According to the Valmiki Samhita, Rama is Svayam Bhagavan whose abode is higher than the highest and who is considered as the origin of Chaturvyuha, namely Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna, and Aniruddha.[2] And from him the lineage of Shadakshar Sri Ram Mantraraj (six-syllabled mantra of Rama) has been started -
भगवान् रामचन्द्रो वै परं ब्रह्म श्रुति श्रुतः। दयालुः शरणं नित्यं दासानां दीन चेतसाम् ।। इमां सृष्टिं समुत्पाद्य जीवानां हितकाम्यया। आद्यां शक्तिं महादेवीं श्रीसीतां जनकात्मजाम् ।। तारकं मन्त्रराजं तु श्रावयामास ईश्वरः। जानकी तुजगन्माता हनुमन्तं गुणाकरम्।। श्रावयामास नूनं हि ब्राह्मणं सुधियां वरम्। तस्मादेव वसिष्टर्षिः क्रमादस्मादवातरत् ।।
This translates to: "The Supreme Being, Rama, is compassionate, always ready to protect his eternal servants and to assist those with meek hearts. This is well-known in the Vedas. He created this universe and, with the desire for the welfare of people, Rama imparted the transcendental mantra to Sita, the daughter of King Janaka than She revealed this to the glorious Hanuman, the repository of virtues. Hanuman then conveyed it to Brahma, who in turn passed it on to the sage Vasishtha. Thus, in this sequence, the divine mantra descended into this world."[3]
According to Bhavishya Purana only Hymns mentioned in Valmiki Samhita's are allowed to write not the entire as it also contains vedic portion as Maithili Mahopanishad in its chapter 5:
वाल्मीकिसंहितायाश्च लेखने च तथा क्वचित् ।
स्तोत्रमात्रं लिखेद्विप्रा अव्रती न लिखेत्क्वचित् ॥८१॥
"If one ever wishes to transcribe the Valmiki Samhita, only hymns should be written, and that too, by a group of learned individuals! It should never be written without observance of religious vows."
- (Bhavishya Purana, Madhyam Parva 1.7.81)[4]