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Vālmīki thus sat in meditation and composed the Rāmayana, consisting of twenty-four thousand Sanskrit These original verses have been more or less preserved up until the present day, although as I note above

I have tried to remain as faithful as possible to the original, without adding any interpretations or to my readers, although the credit actually lies with Vālmīki Muni, to whom I offer my most profound and

aim in presenting the Rāmayana was to share the book with others, having myself found it so uplifting and I am not a Sanskrit scholar and have worked from existing translations, simply trying to present the book in a way which is easy to read and understand. There are in fact numerous versions of the original now extant and they all differ a little in some details here and there.

Brahmā said, “Whatever account there is of the all-wise Rāma, as well as of Lakṣman and Sītā, and indeed of all the Rākṣasas and monkeys and any others, will all be known to you even if presently unknown.”