Chapter 9 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 9

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 9.1

एतच्छ्रुत्वा रहः सूतो राजानमिदमब्रवीत्। श्रूयतां तत् पुरावृत्तं पुराणे च मया श्रुतम्।।

etacchrutvā rahaḥ sūto rājānamidamabravīt| śrūyatāṃ tat purāvṛttaṃ purāṇe ca mayā śrutam||

English Meaning

Hearing all about it, the king's charioteer addressed the monarch in private, saying, Do you listen to what is related in the Purānas, and to what I have heard myself!

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)