Chapter 34 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 34

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 34.20

कुशिकानामयं वंशो महान् धर्मपरः सदा। ब्रह्मोपमा महात्मानः कुशवंश्या नरोत्तमाः॥

kuśikānāmayaṃ vaṃśo mahān dharmaparaḥ sadā| brahmopamā mahātmānaḥ kuśavaṃśyā narottamāḥ||

English Meaning

This line belonging to the Kuśikas is exalted and devoted to virtue. And those foremost of men sprung in the Kuśa race are high-souled and like to Brahmarsis.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)