Chapter 118 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 118.3

किं पुनर्यो गुणश्लाघ्यः सानुक्रोशो जितेन्द्रियः। स्थिरानुरागो धर्मात्मा मातृवत्पितृवत्प्रियः॥

kiṃ punaryo guṇaślāghyaḥ sānukrośo jitendriyaḥ| sthirānurāgo dharmātmā mātṛvatpitṛvatpriyaḥ||

English Meaning

And to be said of one that is crowned with qualities, kind, self-controlled, of steady affection, righteous-souled, and who is dear as a father or a mother?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)