[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [Mixed prose-and-verse narratives](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu) › [Campūs on the Rāma story](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana) › [Campūrāmāyaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt) › 1.8 # Rāmāyaṇacampū 1.8 English (machine translation) 1.8 - **Language:** English ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.8) Then, by the command of the lotus-born \[Brahmā\], viewing the deeds of Rāma with his inward vision / as clearly as a myrobalan fruit in the hand, / the great sage, the guide to the path of honey-sweet utterances, / composed the auspicious and delightful courtly poetry called the Rāmāyaṇa. (8) - [Previous: 1.7\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.7_4) - [Next: 1.8\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.8_5) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.ramayana.ramayanacampu~en-mt.1.8) · Pramāṇa