Verse 24

श्रीवाल्मीकिरुवाच ।कमलासनपुत्रेण मुनिना समहौजसा ।एवं वितीर्णावसरो रामो वाक्यमुवाच ह

In plain words

Śrī Vālmīki said: Thus given his opening by the sage of great vigour, the son of the lotus-throned one, Rāma then spoke this speech.