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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.1.6

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 1: Nārada recounts Rāma’s life. Vālmīki asks whether anyone possesses all the virtues he names, Nārada identifies Rāma and recounts his story

In the sequence: Nārada says such a combination is rare, then names Rāma of the Ikṣvāku line

1.1.6

śrutvā caitat trilokajño vālmīker nārado vacaḥ
śrūyatām iti cāmantrya prahṛṣṭo vākyam abravīt

Hearing these words of Vālmīki, Nārada, knower of the three worlds, said “Listen!”, and, delighted, spoke:

Words: śrutvā — having heard; caitat — and this; trilokajño — the knower of the three worlds; vālmīker — of Vālmīki; nārado — Nārada; vacaḥ — speech, words; śrūyatām — let it be heard; iti — thus (quotation-marker); cāmantrya — and having addressed; prahṛṣṭo — delighted; vākyam — the utterance; abravīt — spoke

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.