And as long as Rama's legend authored by you flourishes...till then you will flourish in heavenly, in netherworlds, and even in my abode, namely Abode of Brahma. [1-2-37]
इत्युक्त्वा भगवान् ब्रह्मा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत | ततः सशिष्यो भगवान्मुनिर्विस्मयमाययौ || १-२-३८
On saying thus that Divinity Brahma vanished then and there only, and then that godly sage Valmiki came by astonishment, along with his disciples. [1-2-38]
Equally lettered, four-footed is that verse when great Sage Valmiki articulated it, and when repetitively recited by one and all, it attained prominence as verse proper. [1-2-40]