Ratnakara, a young boy lost in the woods, was adopted by a hunter. The boy under his foster father's training, also grew up to become an accomplished hunter. Years passed by, Ratnakara got married and had several children. This expansion of family meant it became very difficult for Ratnakara to make ends meet only by hunting. As a result of this, he took to robbery and dacoity, and began looting and killing people who passed by his village.
One day, a sage Narada was passing by the forest. Rantakara sensed the opportunity and attacked Narada with the intention of robbing him. However, Narada remained unmoved. This was very surprising for Ratnakara who had seen in the past how people fear and faze. Narada questioned Ratnakara, "why he was doing this?" He said, "I'm doing this to feed my family". To which Narada further asked, "can you go and ask your family if they will also share the sins you are committing to take care of them?" Ratnakara was baffled by this question. He tied Narada to a tree so that he wouldn't run away and went to his family to ask the question. It was a big shock to Ratnakara to learn that not a single member of his family was willing to share his sins.
He returned to Narada and asked him for the path to salvation.
@elasinghal Yes, Ratnakara later composes Ramayana and is known to the world as Valmiki.
And this Ratnakar then in a few years wrote the Ramayana, right?