Chapter 2 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 2.24

दिव्यैर्गुणैः शक्रसमो रामः सत्यपराक्रमः। इक्ष्वाकुभ्योऽपि सर्वेभ्यो ह्यतिरिक्तो विशाम्पते॥

divyairguṇaiḥ śakrasamo rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ| ikṣvākubhyo'pi sarvebhyo hyatirikto viśāmpate||

English Meaning

O monarch, furnished with the choicest qualities, Rāma having truth for prowess is like to Sakra's self; and he towers above Ikşvāku and all.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)