Chapter 65 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 65

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 65.23

एष राम मुनिश्रेष्ठ एष विग्रहवांस्तपः। एष धर्मः परो नित्यं वीर्यस्यैष परायणम्॥

eṣa rāma muniśreṣṭha eṣa vigrahavāṃstapaḥ| eṣa dharmaḥ paro nityaṃ vīryasyaiṣa parāyaṇam||

English Meaning

This, O Rāma, is the foremost of ascetics, this one is Asceticism incarnate. This one ever abide by duty; and he is the stay of ascetic energy.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)