Chapter 98 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 98

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 98.17

आदिकाव्यमिदं राम त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्। नह्यन्योऽर्हति काव्यानां यशोभाग्राघवादृते॥

ādikāvyamidaṃ rāma tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam| nahyanyo'rhati kāvyānāṃ yaśobhāgrāghavādṛte||

English Meaning

O Rāma, this first epic poem, Rāmāyaṇa, has been composed describing your works. None but you is worthy of the fame of this poem.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)