[Valmiki goes to river Tamasa for morning ablutions -- He sees a male krauncha being shot down by a hunter -- expresses the reflection of a female companion's sorrow in his experience in the form of a sloka in metrical form -- Lord Brahma appears at the hermitage -- directs him to compose the great poem in the same metre describing the story of Rama as related by Narada -- grants him the power of clairvoyance.]
नारदस्य तु तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा वाक्यविशारद:।
पूजयामास धर्मात्मा सहशिष्यो महामुनि: ।।1.2.1।।
नारदस्य तु तद्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा वाक्यविशारद:।
पूजयामास धर्मात्मा सहशिष्यो महामुनि: ।।1.2.1।।