यदि शब्दापयेद्रामः श्रवणाय महीपतिः। ऋषीणामुपविष्टानां यथायोगं प्रवर्तताम्॥
yadi śabdāpayedrāmaḥ śravaṇāya mahīpatiḥ| ṛṣīṇāmupaviṣṭānāṃ yathāyogaṃ pravartatām||
English Meaning
If Rāma, the lord of earth, invites you to sing the Rāmāyaṇa, you may fearlessly sing it there in due notes and measures before the assembled ascetics.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)