इदं पवित्रं पापघ्नं पुण्यं वेदैश्च सम्मितम्। यः पठेत् रामचरितं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते॥
idaṃ pavitraṃ pāpaghnaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiśca sammitam| yaḥ paṭhet rāmacaritaṃ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate||
English Meaning
He that reads this sacred, sin-destroying, merit-bestowing history of Rāma like that of the Veda itself, becomes cleansed from all sin.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)