शुश्राव रामचरितं तस्मिन्काले पुरा कृतम्। तान्यक्षराणि सत्यानि यथावृत्तानि पूर्वशः॥
śuśrāva rāmacaritaṃ tasminkāle purā kṛtam| tānyakṣarāṇi satyāni yathāvṛttāni pūrvaśaḥ||
English Meaning
Śatrughna, the foremost of men, heard them from the beginning to the end, pregnant with truth and composed of those words. And on hearing it he was beside himself with joy and his eyes were full of tears.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)