Vālmīki
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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa
The legendary sage-poet who questions Nārada, witnesses the death of a Krauñca bird, spontaneously utters the first śloka, and is commissioned by Brahmā to compose the Rāmāyaṇa, which he then teaches to Kuśa and Lava.
Compose the entire story of Rāma, O best of seers.
"Moved by grief for this bird, what have I uttered?
Compose the holy story of Rāma, beautiful and bound in śloka meter.