श्रुत्वा वस्तु समग्रं तद्धर्मात्मा धर्मसंहितम् | व्यक्तमन्वेषते भूयो यद् वृत्तं तस्य धीमतः || १-३-१
shrutvaa vastu samagram tat dharma ardha sahitam hitam | vyak{}tam anveshhate bhuuyo yadvR^ittam tasya dhiimataH || 1-3-1
Translation
On hearing the essence of Ramayana from Sage Narada, which is abound with probity and prosperity, and a propitious one too, that virtue-souled Valmiki started searching for further known details in the legend of that dexterous Rama. [1-3-1]
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dharmaatmaa
virtue-souled one, Valmiki
dharmasamhitam
probity abounding in
tat
that
tasya dhiimataH vR^ittam
of that, dexterous [Rama's,] that which has happened
yat
that which is there
[tat
that]
vyaktam bhuuyaH anveSate
that which is known [in detail,] \tfurther, searched for.
Chapter context
Valmiki gets divine guidance to compile the epic (contd.)
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