Chapter 6 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 6.18

दीर्घायुषो नराः सर्वे धर्म सत्यं च संश्रिताः। सहिताः पुत्रपौत्रैश्च नित्यं स्त्रीभिः पुरोत्तमे॥

dīrghāyuṣo narāḥ sarve dharma satyaṃ ca saṃśritāḥ| sahitāḥ putrapautraiśca nityaṃ strībhiḥ purottame||

English Meaning

And the men were long-lived; and ever abode by duty and truth; and lived in that best of cities, always surrounded by sons and grandsons and wives.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)