कुशमुष्टिमुपादाय लवं चैव तु स द्विजः। वाल्मीकिः प्रददौ ताभ्यां रक्षां भूतविनाशिनीम्॥
kuśamuṣṭimupādāya lavaṃ caiva tu sa dvijaḥ| vālmīkiḥ pradadau tābhyāṃ rakṣāṃ bhūtavināśinīm||
English Meaning
Thereupon taking Kuśa (the upper part of the grass) and Lava (the lower part) the great ascetic Vālmīki made those arrangements.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)