एषा राम ममोत्पत्तिः स्वस्य वंशस्य कीर्तिता। देशस्य हि महाबाहो यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि॥
eṣā rāma mamotpattiḥ svasya vaṃśasya kīrtitā| deśasya hi mahābāho yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi||
English Meaning
Now, O Rāma, I have narrated to you the circumstances connected with the history of my line and myself, as also of this place, O mightyarmed one, which you had asked me to relate.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)