Chapter 6 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 6.2

इक्ष्वाकूणामतिरथो यज्वा धर्मपरो वशी। महर्षिकल्पो राजर्षिस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विश्रुतः॥

ikṣvākūṇāmatiratho yajvā dharmaparo vaśī| maharṣikalpo rājarṣistriṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ||

English Meaning

He was an Athiratha in the Ikşvāku line, performing sacrifices, engaged in the performance of duties, self-controlled like a Maharși, a royal saint famed in the three worlds.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)