Chapter 2 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 2.9

अनुजातो हि मां सर्वैर्गुणैः श्रेष्ठो ममात्मजः। पुरन्दरसमो वीर्ये रामः परपुरंजयः॥

anujāto hi māṃ sarvairguṇaiḥ śreṣṭho mamātmajaḥ| purandarasamo vīrye rāmaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ||

English Meaning

My worthy son, like to Purandara himself in prowess, Rāma, the conqueror of hostile cities, had been born, endowed with all my virtues.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)