Chapter 2 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 2.30

गान्धर्वे च भुवि श्रेष्ठो बभूव भरताग्रजः। कल्याणाभिजनः साधुरदीनात्मा महामतिः॥

gāndharve ca bhuvi śreṣṭho babhūva bharatāgrajaḥ| kalyāṇābhijanaḥ sādhuradīnātmā mahāmatiḥ||

English Meaning

And Bharata's elder brother is a proficient in music. He is the home of the good, and is saintly, and has conquered his grief, and is magnanimous.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)