Chapter 31 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 31

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 31.4

तस्य पुत्रः प्रियो ज्येष्ठस्ताराधिपनिभाननः। रामो नाम विशेषज्ञः श्रेष्ठः सर्वधनुष्मताम्॥

tasya putraḥ priyo jyeṣṭhastārādhipanibhānanaḥ| rāmo nāma viśeṣajñaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām||

English Meaning

His eldest and most beloved son was the Moon-bright Rāma, wise and the foremost of those who know the science of the bended bow.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)