He that reads this sacred, sin-destroying, merit-bestowing history of Rāma like that of the Veda itself, becomes cleansed from all sin.
इदं पवित्रं पापघ्नं पुण्यं वेदैश्च सम्मितम्। यः पठेत् रामचरितं सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते॥