Chapter 12 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 12.7

इदं चोवाच धर्मज्ञं कर्मणा तेन हर्षितः। रामं सर्वास्त्रविदुषां श्रेष्ठं शूरमवस्थितम्॥

idaṃ covāca dharmajñaṃ karmaṇā tena harṣitaḥ| rāmaṃ sarvāstraviduṣāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ śūramavasthitam||

English Meaning

Rāma, the foremost of those conversant with religious lore, with the following pious words.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)