Ramayana
समाक्षरैश्चतुर्भिर्यः पादैर्गीतो महर्षिणा । सोऽनुव्याहरणाद् भूयः श्लोकः श्लोकत्वमागतः ॥ १-२-४०
Equally lettered, four-footed is that verse when great Sage Valmiki articulated it, and when repetitively recited by one and all, it attained prominence as verse proper. ॥ 1-2-40॥
english translation
samAkSaraizcaturbhiryaH pAdairgIto maharSiNA । so'nuvyAharaNAd bhUyaH zlokaH zlokatvamAgataH ॥ 1-2-40
hk transliteration by Sanscript