Chapter 1 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 1.13

बुद्धिमान् मधुराभाषी पूर्वभाषी प्रियंवदः। वीर्यवान्न च वीर्येण महता स्वेन विस्मितः॥

buddhimān madhurābhāṣī pūrvabhāṣī priyaṃvadaḥ| vīryavānna ca vīryeṇa mahatā svena vismitaḥ||

English Meaning

He was intelligent, and sweet-speeched, and spoke first (to visitors) and used grateful words, and was possessed of prowess, withal not proud of his mighty native virtue.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)