Chapter 1 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 1.19

सर्वविद्याव्रतस्नातो यथावत् साङ्गवेदवित्। इष्वस्त्रे च पितुः श्रेष्ठो बभूव भरताग्रजः॥

sarvavidyāvratasnāto yathāvat sāṅgavedavit| iṣvastre ca pituḥ śreṣṭho babhūva bharatāgrajaḥ||

English Meaning

He had performed his ablutions after having mastered all learning; and was properly versed in the Vedas with their branches. In all weapons either inspired with mantras or otherwise Bharata's eldest brother was superior even to his father.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)