Chapter 90 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 90

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 90.16

त्वय्येतत् पुरुषव्याघ्र युक्तं राघववंशजे। गुरुवृत्तिर्दमश्चैव साधूनां चानुयायिता॥

tvayyetat puruṣavyāghra yuktaṃ rāghavavaṃśaje| guruvṛttirdamaścaiva sādhūnāṃ cānuyāyitā||

English Meaning

foremost of men, even this is worthy of you. Serving superiors, restraint of the senses, and following the pious, are ever found in one sprung in the Rāghava line.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)