Sri Bhagavan said that “Kamba Ramayana” consists of 12,000 stanzas to Valmiki’s 24,000. Kamba’s can be understood only by the learned and not by all. Tulasidas had heard “Kamba Ramayana” recited to him in Hindi by a Tamil saint and later wrote his famous Ramayana.
Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi · Volume II
Talk 416
21st May, 1937