Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Bālakāṇḍa · 2.39
समाक्षरैश् चतुर्भिर् यः पादैर् गीतो महर्षिणा सो ऽनुव्याहरणाद् भूयः शोकः श्लोकत्वम् आगतः
samākṣaraiś caturbhir yaḥ pādair gīto maharṣiṇā so 'nuvyāharaṇād bhūyaḥ śokaḥ ślokatvam āgataḥ
“Behold the four-lined balanced rime, repeated many a time, which from the hermit's shock of grief has become a shloka. (trans. R.T.H. Griffith)”
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