Chapter 94 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 94

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 94.9

किंप्रमाणमिदं काव्यं का प्रतिष्ठा महात्मनः। कर्ता काव्यस्य महतः क्व चासौ मुनिपुङ्गवः॥

kiṃpramāṇamidaṃ kāvyaṃ kā pratiṣṭhā mahātmanaḥ| kartā kāvyasya mahataḥ kva cāsau munipuṅgavaḥ||

English Meaning

How great is his fame who has composed it? What leading ascetic is the author of this great poem?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)