Chapter 1 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 1.6

तेषामपि महातेजा रामो रतिकरः पितुः। स्वयम्भूरिव भूतानां बभूव गुणवत्तरः॥ ।

teṣāmapi mahātejā rāmo ratikaraḥ pituḥ| svayambhūriva bhūtānāṃ babhūva guṇavattaraḥ|| |

English Meaning

Yet among them all, that highly energetic. Rāma was the favourite of his sire. He was the foremost of in every virtue, like to Svayambhu's (Brahmā) self in the esteem of creation.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)