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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.4.15

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 4: Kuśa & Lava perform the poem. Kuśa & Lava learn and perform the poem, their singing moves the ṛṣis and brings them before Rāma

In the sequence: the listeners weep, praise the sweetness of the verses and singing, and say the distant events seem to happen before their eyes

1.4.15

te prītamanasaḥ sarve munayo dharmavatsalāḥ
praśaśaṃsuḥ praśastavyau gāyamānau kuśīlavau

All those sages, glad at heart and devoted to dharma, praised the praiseworthy Kuśa and Lava as they sang.

Words: te prītamanasaḥ — they, glad at heart; sarve — all; munayo — the sages; dharmavatsalāḥ — devoted to dharma; praśaśaṃsuḥ — praised; praśastavyau — the two worthy of praise; gāyamānau — (the two) singing; kuśīlavau — Kuśa and Lava

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.