Chapter 3 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 3

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 3.1

श्रुत्वा वस्तु समग्रं तद्धर्मार्थसहितं हितम्। व्यक्तमन्वेषते भूयो यद् वृत्तं तस्य धीमतः॥

śrutvā vastu samagraṃ taddharmārthasahitaṃ hitam| vyaktamanveṣate bhūyo yad vṛttaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ||

English Meaning

Having heard the entire prevalent history of the intelligent Rāma, capable of conferring religious merit and the two other cognate objects, as well as emancipation, Vālmīki again sought to get insight into it.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)