श्रूयतां राम शक्रस्य कथां कथयतः श्रुताम्। अस्मिन् देशे हि यद् वृत्तं शृणु तत्त्वेन राघव॥
śrūyatāṃ rāma śakrasya kathāṃ kathayataḥ śrutām| asmin deśe hi yad vṛttaṃ śṛṇu tattvena rāghava||
English Meaning
Do you listen, O Rāma to what I had heard from Sakra relating this history; and, O descendant of Raghu, do you listen to all that befell in this city.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)