Verse 2

अयं बन्धुरयं नेति कथाप्रस्तावतः स्मृतम् ।इतिहासमिमं पुण्यमाश्चर्यं श्रृणु राघव

In plain words

Listen, Rāghava, to this holy and wondrous itihāsa, called to mind on the occasion of the talk 'this one is a kinsman, this one is not'.