चिन्तयन्स महाप्राज्ञश्चकार मतिमान्मतिम् ।
शिष्यं चैवाऽब्रवीद्वाक्यमिदं स मुनिपुङ्गव: ।।1.2.17।।
शिष्यं चैवाऽब्रवीद्वाक्यमिदं स मुनिपुङ्गव: ।।1.2.17।।
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महाप्राज्ञ: highly learned, मतिमान् wise, स: Valmiki, मतिं चकार thought, स: मुनिपुङ्गव: that preeminent one among sages, चिन्तयन् pondering,शिष्यम् addressing his disciple, इदम् this, वाक्यम् statement, अब्रवीत् च and said.
महाप्राज्ञ: highly learned, मतिमान् wise, स: Valmiki, मतिं चकार thought, स: मुनिपुङ्गव: that preeminent one among sages, चिन्तयन् pondering,शिष्यम् addressing his disciple, इदम् this, वाक्यम् statement, अब्रवीत् च and said.
Very wise and learned, he (Valmiki), preeminent among sages, pondered over it (for a while) and spoke these words to his disciple.