A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1492

c5.1492

The writer or the compilers of the Rāmāyana had a high estimate of its value, and it is still held in very great veneration. A verse in the introduction says, “He who reads and repeats this holy life-giving Rāmāyana is liberated from all his sins and exalted with all his posterity to the highest heaven;” and in the second chapter Brahmā is made to say, “As long as the mountains and rivers shall continue on the surface of the earth, so long shall the story of the Rāmāyana be current in the world.” (For the age of the Rāmāyana, see p. 190.)