 एवं वर्षसहस्रस्य दीक्षां स मुनिपुङ्गव:।।चकाराप्रतिमां लोके प्रतिज्ञां रघुनन्दन। 
 "O Descendant of Raghu in this way that eminent ascetic took an unprecedented vow to practise penance for a thousand years".         Thus ends the sixtyfourth sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki. 