Chapter 94 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 94

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 94.16

सुश्राव तचाललयोपपन्नं सर्गान्वितं सुस्वरशब्दयुक्तम्। तन्त्रीलयव्यञ्जनयोगयुक्तं कुशीलवाभ्यां परिगीयमानम्॥

suśrāva tacālalayopapannaṃ sargānvitaṃ susvaraśabdayuktam| tantrīlayavyañjanayogayuktaṃ kuśīlavābhyāṃ parigīyamānam||

English Meaning

He heard the Rāmāyaṇa sung by Kusa and Lava, gifted with musical characteristics, consisting of sections, vowels, and consonant and enchanted in accompaniment with the music of a stringed instrument.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)