"O Brahmarshi, at my will, this speech had originated from you. Most excellent ascetic, compose the history of Rama in its entirety (in this metre). [1-2-31]
"You shall narrate the legend of Rama, the virtuous, intellectual and an intrepid one, and a godlike person in this world as well, as you have heard it from sage Narada. [1-2-32]
वैदेह्याश्चापि यद् वृत्तं प्रकाशं यदि वा रहः | तच्चाप्यविदितं सर्वं विदितं ते भविष्यति || १-२-३४
-and even the plight of Vaidehi which is either revealed or un-revealed so far, and whatever legend that has happened, all that will also be known to you, even if it were to be unknown, as yet. [1-2-34]
न ते वागनृता काव्ये काचिदत्र भविष्यति | कुरु रामकथां पुण्यां श्लोकबद्धां मनोरमाम् || १-२-३५
Not even a single word of yours in this epic will ever prove untruthful. Compose this sacred, delightful story of Rama, set in the form of slokas. [1-2-35]