एतदाख्यानमायुष्यं पठन् रामायणं नरः। सपुत्रपौत्रः सगणः प्रेत्य स्वर्गे महायते॥
etadākhyānamāyuṣyaṃ paṭhan rāmāyaṇaṃ naraḥ| saputrapautraḥ sagaṇaḥ pretya svarge mahāyate||
English Meaning
And the man that reads this Rāmāyaṇa conferring length of days, after death, is on honoured in heaven, along with his sons, and grandsons, and relations.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)