उदारवृत्तार्थपदैर्मनोरमैः तदास्य रामस्य चकार कीर्तिमान् | समाक्षरैः श्लोकशतैर्यशस्विनो यशस्करं काव्यमुदारधीर्मुनिः || १-२-४२
Translation
That celebrated sage and magnanimous seer Valmiki then authored the highly renowned Rama's legend extolling Rama's renown, with symmetrically worded verses, and words versified to yield meanings semantically, prosody free-flowing, and with hundreds of such verses. [1-2-42]
Audio Recitation
Word by word
kiirtimaan udaaradhiiH muniH
celebrated, magnanimous, seer
tadaa
then
yashasvinaH
of that highly renowned one(Rama)
asya raamasya
of that, Rama
yashaskaram kaavyam
renown, furthering [extolling,] epic
udaaravR^ittaarthapadaiH
free-flowing prosody semantically yielding meanings
manoramaiH
heart-pleasing one
chakaara
authored.
Chapter context
Valmiki gets divine guidance to compile the epic
41 verses · Verse 42 of 41
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