तस्य बुद्धिरियं जाता महर्षे वितात्मनः। कृत्स्नं रामायणं काव्यमीदृशैः करवाण्यहम्॥
tasya buddhiriyaṃ jātā maharṣe vitātmanaḥ| kṛtsnaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ kāvyamīdṛśaiḥ karavāṇyaham||
English Meaning
Now it is the intention of that illustrious and self-centred sage to compose the entire Rāmāyaṇa in this metre.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)