Chapter 93 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 93

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 93.4

स शिष्यावब्रवीद्धृष्टौ युवां गत्वा समाहितौ। कृत्स्नं रामायणं काव्यं गायतां परया मुदा॥ ऋषिवाटेषु पुण्येषु ब्राह्मणावसथेषु च। रथ्यासु राजमार्गेषु पार्थिवानां गृहेषु च॥ रामस्य भवनद्वारि यत्र कर्म च कुर्वते। ऋत्विजामग्रतश्चैव तत्र गेयं विशेषतः॥

sa śiṣyāvabravīddhṛṣṭau yuvāṃ gatvā samāhitau| kṛtsnaṃ rāmāyaṇaṃ kāvyaṃ gāyatāṃ parayā mudā|| ṛṣivāṭeṣu puṇyeṣu brāhmaṇāvasatheṣu ca| rathyāsu rājamārgeṣu pārthivānāṃ gṛheṣu ca|| rāmasya bhavanadvāri yatra karma ca kurvate| ṛtvijāmagrataścaiva tatra geyaṃ viśeṣataḥ||

English Meaning

There upon Vālmīki said to his disciples, Lava and Kuća Do you carefully and delightedly sing the whole of Rāmāyaṇa in the highly holy hermitages, of the Rşis, in the homes where perpetual fire is kept up by the Brāhmaṇas, in streets and palaces, at the gate of Rāma's house, in the sacrificial arena and before all Rtvik.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)