Chapter 7 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 7.13

तमुग्रतपसं दीप्तं महर्षि सत्यवादिनम्। प्रत्युवाचात्मवान रामो ब्रह्माणमिव वासवः॥

tamugratapasaṃ dīptaṃ maharṣi satyavādinam| pratyuvācātmavāna rāmo brahmāṇamiva vāsavaḥ||

English Meaning

Thereupon the self-possessed Rāma answered that blazing and truth-telling Brāhmana of fiery austerities, like Vasava answering Brahma.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)