Chapter 2 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 2.39

तदुपगतसमाससंधियोगं सममधुरोपनतार्थवाक्यबद्धम्। रघुवरचरितं मुनिप्रणीतं दशशिरसश्च वधं निशामयध्वम्॥

tadupagatasamāsasaṃdhiyogaṃ samamadhuropanatārthavākyabaddham| raghuvaracaritaṃ munipraṇītaṃ daśaśirasaśca vadhaṃ niśāmayadhvam||

English Meaning

Listen to the annals of the foremost of Raghu's race, and the destruction of the Tenheaded one composed by the ascetic, with Samāsas, Sandhis, Prakrtis, and Pratayas; and lucid with sweet and equally-accented words.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)