Chapter 5 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 5

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 5.2

तदिदं वर्तयिष्यावः सर्वं निखिलमादितः। धर्मकामार्थसहितं श्रोतव्यमनसूयता ॥

tadidaṃ vartayiṣyāvaḥ sarvaṃ nikhilamāditaḥ| dharmakāmārthasahitaṃ śrotavyamanasūyatā ||

English Meaning

We shall now chant the entire history of that dynasty from the beginning. Do you, with minds free from ill will, listen to that story conferring merit, profit and pleasure.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)