Verse 12·VR 1.4.12

तौ राजपुत्रौ कार्त्स्न्येन धर्म्यमाख्यानमुत्तमम् | वाचो विधेयं तत्सर्वं कृत्वा काव्यमनिन्दितौ || १-४-१२

tau raaja putrau kaartsnyena dharMyam aakhyaanam uttamam | vaacho vidheyam tat sarvam kR^itvaa kaavyam aninditau || 1-4-12

Translation

They the princes have memorized that virtue-expounding epic, the best; in its entirety and in doing so, they rendered that epic faultlessly. [1-4-12]

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tau raajaputrau kaartsnyena

they, king's, sons [princes,] in entirety

dharmyam aakhyanam uttamam

virtue expounding, best epic

vaachaH vidheyam tat sarvam

by voice, preserved [memorized,] all that

kR^itvaa kaavyam aninditau

doing so epic without fault.

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Lava and Kusha assigned to sing the epic; Rama listens to it

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