Chapter 45 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 45.3

अयोध्यानिलयानां हि पुरुषाणां महायशाः। बभूव गुणसम्पन्नः पूर्णचन्द्र इव प्रियः॥

ayodhyānilayānāṃ hi puruṣāṇāṃ mahāyaśāḥ| babhūva guṇasampannaḥ pūrṇacandra iva priyaḥ||

English Meaning

That illustrious one crowned with every perfection was dear to the inhabitants of Ayodhyā like to the full moon himself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)