श्रीवाल्मीकिरुवाच ।शरत्तारकिताकाशस्तिमितायां सुसंसदि ।कथयत्येवमाह्लादि वसिष्ठे पावनं वचः
In plain words
Śrī Vālmīki said: In that excellent assembly, hushed like the autumn sky spangled with stars, while Vasiṣṭha was speaking thus these delightful, purifying words —