ततः पुनर्महातेजाः कुम्भयोनिमहायशाः। उवाच रामं प्रणतं पितामह इवेश्वरम्॥ श्रूयतामिति चोवाच रामं सत्यपराक्रमम्। कथाशेषं महातेजाः कथयामास स प्रभुः॥ यथाख्यानं श्रुतं चैव यथावृत्तं यथा तथा। प्रीतात्मा कथयामास राघवाय महामतिः॥ एतदर्थं महाबाहो रावणेन दुरात्मना। सुता जनकराजस्य हृता राम महामते॥
tataḥ punarmahātejāḥ kumbhayonimahāyaśāḥ| uvāca rāmaṃ praṇataṃ pitāmaha iveśvaram|| śrūyatāmiti covāca rāmaṃ satyaparākramam| kathāśeṣaṃ mahātejāḥ kathayāmāsa sa prabhuḥ|| yathākhyānaṃ śrutaṃ caiva yathāvṛttaṃ yathā tathā| prītātmā kathayāmāsa rāghavāya mahāmatiḥ|| etadarthaṃ mahābāho rāvaṇena durātmanā| sutā janakarājasya hṛtā rāma mahāmate||
English Meaning
The highly effulgent and illustrious Agastya, spring from a vessel, again addressed the humble Rāma as the great Patriarch sprung from lotus spoke to the Great Deity. He said to Răma, having truth for his prowess:-"Do you hear." Saying this, the highly effulgent Agastya began to narrate the last portion of the story. The high-minded saint, with a delighted heart, described to Rāma all he has heard and narrated." O high-minded Rama, having long arms, it is for this reason that the vicioussouled Rāvana stole away Janaki, the daughter of king Janaka.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)