Chapter 64 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 64.28

कस्य वा पररात्रेऽहं श्रोष्यामि हृदयङ्गमम्। अधीयानस्य मधुरं शास्त्रं वान्यद् विशेषतः॥

kasya vā pararātre'haṃ śroṣyāmi hṛdayaṅgamam| adhīyānasya madhuraṃ śāstraṃ vānyad viśeṣataḥ||

English Meaning

At the small hours, form whom engaged in study, shall I hear the scriptures sweetly read in a way coming home to the listener's mind?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)