Chapter 1 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 1.20

कल्याणाभिजनः साधुरदीनः सत्यवागृजुः। वृद्धैरभिविनीतश्च द्विजैर्धर्मार्थदर्शिभिः॥

kalyāṇābhijanaḥ sādhuradīnaḥ satyavāgṛjuḥ| vṛddhairabhivinītaśca dvijairdharmārthadarśibhiḥ||

English Meaning

And he was the spring of all good; and was saintly; and of undisturbed soul; and truthtelling; and candid; and humble towards the aged twice-born ones cognisant of virtue and interest.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)