प्राप्तराज्यस्य रामस्य वाल्मीकिर्भगवानृषिः। चकार चरितं कृत्स्नं विचित्रपदमर्थवत्॥
prāptarājyasya rāmasya vālmīkirbhagavānṛṣiḥ| cakāra caritaṃ kṛtsnaṃ vicitrapadamarthavat||
English Meaning
When Rāma had obtained his kingdom that worshipful sage , Vālmīki, composed the entire history (of that hero in) excellent metre and fraught with high meaning.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)