कामार्थगुणसंयुक्तं धर्मार्थगुणविस्तरम्। समुद्रमिव रत्नाढ्यं सर्वश्रुतिमनोहरम्॥ स यथा कथितं पूर्वं नारदेन महात्मना। रघुवंशस्य चरितं चकार भगवान् मुनिः॥
kāmārthaguṇasaṃyuktaṃ dharmārthaguṇavistaram| samudramiva ratnāḍhyaṃ sarvaśrutimanoharam|| sa yathā kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ nāradena mahātmanā| raghuvaṃśasya caritaṃ cakāra bhagavān muniḥ||
English Meaning
And agreeably to what had been related by the . mighty-souled Nārada, that worshipful saint composed the history of Raghu's line, conferring profit and pleasure, and impregnated with qualities fraught with them, and like to the ocean, abounding in riches, and captivating ear and mind.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)