मार्कण्डेयोऽथ मौद्गल्यो वामदेवश्च काश्यपः। कात्यायनोऽथ जाबालिगौतमो नारदस्तथा॥ एते द्विजर्षभाः सर्वे आसनेषूपवेशिताः। महर्षीन्समनुप्राप्तानभिवाद्य कृताञ्जलिः॥ मन्त्रिणो नैगमाश्चैव यथार्हमनुकूलिताः। तेषां समुपविष्टानां सर्वेषां दीप्ततेजसाम्॥ राघवः सर्वमाचष्टे द्विजोऽयमुपरोधति।
mārkaṇḍeyo'tha maudgalyo vāmadevaśca kāśyapaḥ| kātyāyano'tha jābāligautamo nāradastathā|| ete dvijarṣabhāḥ sarve āsaneṣūpaveśitāḥ| maharṣīnsamanuprāptānabhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ|| mantriṇo naigamāścaiva yathārhamanukūlitāḥ| teṣāṃ samupaviṣṭānāṃ sarveṣāṃ dīptatejasām|| rāghavaḥ sarvamācaṣṭe dvijo'yamuparodhati|
English Meaning
Markandeya, Maudgalya, Vamadeva, Kashyapa, Katyayana, Javali, Gautama, and Nārada, these eight leading Brāhmaṇas having takes their seats, Rāma with folded hands, saluted them. And he showed due civilities towards his minister, citizens, Rșis and all others. There upon all the highly effulgent Rșis being accommodated with seats Råma narrated duly before them the account of the Brāhmaṇa and said. This Brāhmaṇa is waiting at the Palace-gate.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)