Chapter 102 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 102

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 102.4

राजानं मानुषं प्राहुर्देवत्वे सम्मतो मम। यस्य धर्मार्थसहितं वृत्तमाहुरमानुषम्॥

rājānaṃ mānuṣaṃ prāhurdevatve sammato mama| yasya dharmārthasahitaṃ vṛttamāhuramānuṣam||

English Meaning

Although a king observing interest and virtue, and who towers above average humanity, has been called a mortal, yet to me he is a very deity.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)