Tuesday, November 22, 2011

First Ever Poem Composed by a Human

Valmiki is the first ever human being to compose a rhythmic poem set to a metre. Here is his poem:

मा निषाद ! प्रतिष्ठां त्वं अगमः शाश्वतीः समाः |
यत् क्रौञ्च-मिधुनाद्‌ एकं अवधीः काम-मोहितम् ||

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