Were Valmiki and Vyasadeva eyewitnesses to the full Ramayana and the Mahabharata? Or did they write them based on some historical sources?

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Thank you very much. So, Valmiki and Vediya have written the Ramayana and the Mahabharata.
So, does it mean that due to Valmiki and Vediya’s the two epics occurred or is it that the epics occurred millions of years ago and then they described them if they had appeared millions of years ago then how did Vyasadeva and Valmiki come to know about them correctly? Yes. Actually, the Ramayana itself is described that Valmiki wrote the Ramayana as the Ramayana was occurring. So, at the start of the Ramayana is described, Valmiki asked the question to his guru Naraguni.
He says can you tell me a person who is ideal, who is Sarvabhaja Sambhupan and he gives a list of various qualities and then Naraguni says yes I will tell you about that person and that person is actually living on the earth right now that person is Ram. And then briefly past times of Ram are told by Naraguni to Valmiki. After that Valmiki goes into trance and he made it Samadhi and because he is already devoted to Ram most of you saw So, the great devotees of the Lord, when they want to glorify the Lord, they are given certain sources, they are given access to certain means.
So, that mystical sources which they get. What happens? The Lord is present in everyone’s heart. And whatever knowledge we get, we get it from the Lord.
So, when the Lord wants to have something composed or some pastime to be depicted or described, then he gives it to these devotees. And these are not ordinary souls, they are very, very great souls. So, they get complete, unfiltered, pure reflection.
And they describe accordingly. So, Vyasadev also is like that only. Vyasadev is the writer of the Mahabharata.
But Vyasadev is also a participant in the Mahabharata. Vyasadev comes again and again in the Mahabharata. So, how does it occur? See, the Mahabharata is a sequence of events that is happening.
It is a sequence of events that is happening. And interestingly, in the sequence of events, Vyasadev’s birth is also described. So, how is the author describing his own birth? Because the author is describing history.
So, he is describing history. So, as the Mahabharata occurs, in which Vyasadev also plays a role accordingly. So, that is documented.
And eventually, Vyasadev, at the start of Kali Yuga, he puts it down in a written form. So, Vyasadev participates in it and Vyasadev also gets mystical vision by which he sees things. So, even in the Mahabharata itself it is described that Vyasadev comes along and tells the Pandavas that now Arjuna has gone to heaven and he has reached heaven.
And he will come after some time to Badrik Ashram. And you can go and meet him over there when he descends from heaven. So, like that, the scriptures of Ramayana and Mahabharata are revealed in two ways.
One is by the actual participant’s narration. And secondly, by the mystic vision in which the revelation is given to the great seers, the great devotees, who are the compilers of the swastikas.