चिन्तयन्स महाप्राज्ञश्चकार मतिमान्मतिम् | शिष्यञ्चैवाब्रवीद्वाक्यमिदं स मुनिपुङ्गवः || १-२-१७
paada baddhaH akshara samaH tantrii laya samanvitaH | shokaartasya pravR^itto me shloko bhavatu na anyathaa || 1-2-18
Translation
That great wise one who was an intellectual and the best among sages, on cogitating, made up his mind and also spoke these words to the disciple... [1-2-17]
Audio Recitation
Word by word
saH munipu~ngavaH
That best among sages
matimaan
[who was] an intellectual
mahaapraaj~naH
[and] a great wise one
chintayan
on cogitating
matim chakaara
made up [his] mind
idam vaakyam abraviit cha eva
and also spoke these words
shiShyam
to the disciple.
Chapter context
Valmiki gets divine guidance to compile the epic
41 verses · Verse 17 of 41
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