एतदिच्छाम्यहं श्रोतुं परं कौतूहलं हि मे | महर्षे त्वं समर्थोऽसि ज्ञातुमेवंविधं नरम् || १-१-५
shrutvaa ca etat trilokaj~no vaalmiikeH naarado vacaH | shruuyataam iti ca aamaMtrya prahR^iShTo vaakyam abraviit || 1-1-6
Translation
"All this I wish to listen from you, oh! Great Sage, you are competent to know this kind of man, and indeed my inquisitiveness is immense..." Thus Valmiki enquired with Narada. [1-1-5]
Audio Recitation
Word by word
etat aham shrotum icChaami
all this I wish to listen
me kautuuhalam param hi
my inquisitiveness is immense indeed
maharShe
Oh! Great Sage - Narada
tvam
you
samarthaH asi
are competent
j~naatum
to know
evamvidham naram
[about] this kind of man.
Chapter context
Narada briefs Valmiki about Rama and Ramayana in a nutshell
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