Chapter 1 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 1.14

रक्षिता स्वस्य धर्मस्य स्वजनस्य च रक्षिता। वेदवेदाङ्गतत्त्वज्ञो धनुर्वेदे च निष्ठितः॥

rakṣitā svasya dharmasya svajanasya ca rakṣitā| vedavedāṅgatattvajño dhanurvede ca niṣṭhitaḥ||

English Meaning

Practising all the duties of his class; and preserving those cleaving to him; versed in the profundities of the Vedas and the Vedāngas; accomplished in archery.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)