Chapter 69 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 69

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 69.13

तद् धर्मिष्ठं यशस्यं च वचनं सत्यवादिनः॥ श्रुत्वा विदेहाधिपतिः परं विस्मयमागतः।

tad dharmiṣṭhaṃ yaśasyaṃ ca vacanaṃ satyavādinaḥ|| śrutvā videhādhipatiḥ paraṃ vismayamāgataḥ|

English Meaning

Hearing these words of the truthful (king), chiming in with morality and conducive to fame, the lord of Videha was filled with admiration.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)