तस्य बुद्धिरियं जाता महर्षेर्भावितात्मनः | कृत्स्नं रामायणं काव्यमीदृशैः करवाण्यहम् || १-२-४१
tad upagata samaasa sandhi yogam sama madhuropanata artha vaakya baddham | raghuvara charitam munipraNiitam dasha shirasaH cha vadham nishaamaya adhvam || 1-2-43
Translation
Born is an intuition in that great sage and contemplated soul asserting that "I will compose entire Ramayana, the epic, in suchlike verses...' [1-2-41]
Audio Recitation
Word by word
aham
me
kR^itsnam raamaayaNam kaavyam
entire, Ramayana, epic
iidR^ishaiH
this sort of [in suchlike verses]
karavaaNi
I will compose
iyam buddhiH
this kind of, intuition
bhaavitaatmanaH
for that contemplated soul
tasya maharSeH jaataa
born to that great sage.
Chapter context
Valmiki gets divine guidance to compile the epic
41 verses · Verse 41 of 41
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