सर्गः ८५
In which two forest boys enchant Rāma with twenty sargas, refuse his gold, and reveal Vālmīki five-hundred-sarga epic of his life.
Boys bathe and sing as taught — Rāma hears unprecedented song and marvels — Rāma gathers sages, kings, scholars, and elders — Crowd deems boys mirror images of Rāma — Boys sing twenty sargas from Nārada vision — Rāma offers eighteen thousand gold through Bharata — Boys refuse gold as forest fruit-eaters — Rāma asks poem extent and author — Boys name Vālmīki and five hundred sargas — Rāma agrees to hear more and boys withdraw