He heard the Rāmāyaṇa sung by Kusa and Lava, gifted with musical characteristics, consisting of sections, vowels, and consonant and enchanted in accompaniment with the music of a stringed instrument.
सुश्राव तचाललयोपपन्नं सर्गान्वितं सुस्वरशब्दयुक्तम्। तन्त्रीलयव्यञ्जनयोगयुक्तं कुशीलवाभ्यां परिगीयमानम्॥