Ramayana
स यथा कथितं पुर्वं नारदेन महात्मना । रघुवंशस्य चरितं चकार भगवान्मुनिः ॥ १-३-९
That godly saint Valmiki composed the legend of Rama, the legatee of Raghu, exactly as the divine-soul Narada narrated it earlier. ॥ 1-3-9॥
english translation
sa yathA kathitaM purvaM nAradena mahAtmanA । raghuvaMzasya caritaM cakAra bhagavAnmuniH ॥ 1-3-9
hk transliteration by Sanscript