Naresh's queries on the subject, as usual are quite loaded. In the seemingly easy query regarding Valmiki/adhyathma ramayana starting slokas etc, there are queries on the different yugas in as much as Vyaasaa, the latter's authour belonged to dwapara yuga, and Valmiki preceded him in treta.
There is this famous saying in Tamil, "kalla kanda naaya kanalai, naaya kanda kalla kanalai" which translated, refers to a dog figure made out of stone; the man who sees only the stone, misses the dog completely, and similarly the one who sees the dog misses the stone completely. When you enjoy music the lyrics can be lost on you, and the fellow who is absorbed in the lyrics often misses out on the music part.
Quite similarly, I am now so fascinated with the profound beauty of some of these scriptures, the debate/ possible research about the times when they were written etc, just do not seem to interest me in the least. Thus, I am unable to comment on anything which has this element in the topic of discussions. Having said this, let me try and answer the other part, with my limited knowledge/ability.
The Valmiki's Ramayana starts with a verse, "tapas swadhyaya nirataam, tapasvi vaagvidaam varam, Naradam pariprachha, Valmiki muni pungavam." The sage Valmiki, asks the tapasvi Narada, etc etc..... followed by the known " Konvasmin Saampradham loke......." namely who among the present living beings has qualities such as........., to which Narada tells him about Rama, and the epic takes on from there.
The verse I referred to in my previous posting about Annapoorni's piece comes in the second chapter, where the origin of this epic is narrated. This goes like this
" Maa nishaada prathissthaamthva, magamah shaasvatih samaha,
Yat krauncha mithunaat eka, mavadih kaama mohitam."
( Godess Lakshmi's abode.... Oh, Vishnu, by which act of your killing the male demon named Ravana, who in his passion abducted Sita, and thus eradicated the vice from the earth, for that you get an everlasting divine sanctity as Rama, for ages to come.)
Now to Adhyathma Ramayana, it is a part of "brahmaanda Purana" in the Uthara kanda. As the authour of all puranas, this epic is also attributed to Vyaasaa's authourship. In this the main theme is that "rama" as the omnipotent, advithiya "one" and in His sannidhi, it is Sita, who as the creator, protector, and destroyer, creates this universe, and it is only for the ignorant who have no wherewithal to perceive Him such, that "rama" has to take birth in dasarath's household, and rid bhooma devi of her burden from the likes of the rakshasa king Ravana.
The story is presented in a form of a dialogue between Shiva and His consort Parvathi, when the latter asks the former about the mystique of the lord rama, and to quell her doubts about as to how if Rama had to be a human avataar, and learn about the Brhma tatwam from someone else, how he could qualify as the all effulgent advithiya brahmn Himself.
Shiva tells Parvati, that the greatness of Rama had been espoused by Rama Himself to Shiva. In the very first chapter, Rama asks Sita, to explain the brahma tatwam to Aanjaneya swami, who is so devoted to Him, and finally Rama Himself explains the mahavakhyaas to Aanjaneya.
Hopefully, I have answered a major part of Naresh's queries.
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Vichu
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