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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.4.18

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: encouraged, the brothers sing with still greater feeling → delighted maharṣis give them gifts, including a water pot and bark clothing

1.4.18

evaṃ praśasyamānau tau tapaḥślāghyair maharṣibhiḥ
saṃraktataram atyarthaṃ madhuraṃ tāv agāyatām

Thus praised by the great sages, worthy of honour for their austerities, the two sang yet more fervently and exceedingly sweetly.

Words: evaṃ — thus; praśasyamānau — being praised (the two); tau — the two; tapaḥślāghyair — by those praiseworthy for austerity; maharṣibhiḥ — by the great sages; saṃraktataram — more fervently, more impassioned; atyarthaṃ — exceedingly; madhuraṃ — sweetly; tāv — the two; agāyatām — sang

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.