श्रुत्वा तु राघवस्यैतद्वचः परममद्भुतम्। दूताः संप्रययुर्बादं यत्र वै मुनिपुङ्गवः॥ ते प्रणम्य महात्मानं ज्वलन्तममितप्रभम्। ऊचुस्ते रामवाक्यानि मृदूनि मधुराणि च।।।।।
śrutvā tu rāghavasyaitadvacaḥ paramamadbhutam| dūtāḥ saṃprayayurbādaṃ yatra vai munipuṅgavaḥ|| te praṇamya mahātmānaṃ jvalantamamitaprabham| ūcuste rāmavākyāni mṛdūni madhurāṇi ca|||||
English Meaning
Hearing the words of Rānia, messengers went to Vālmīki and saluting the high-souled (ascetic) burning in his effulgence and of incomparable lustre, communicated to him, in sweet words all what Rāma had said.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)