 चिन्तयन्स महाप्राज्ञश्चकार मतिमान्मतिम् ।शिष्यं चैवाऽब्रवीद्वाक्यमिदं स मुनिपुङ्गव: ।।    
 Very wise and learned, he Valmiki, preeminent among sages, pondered over it for a while and spoke these words to his disciple. 