Chapter 2 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 2

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 2.4

पुरा कृतयुगे राम प्रजापतिसुतः प्रभुः। पुलस्त्यो नाम ब्रह्मर्षिः साक्षादिव पितामहः॥

purā kṛtayuge rāma prajāpatisutaḥ prabhuḥ| pulastyo nāma brahmarṣiḥ sākṣādiva pitāmahaḥ||

English Meaning

Formerly in the Krita age, O Rama, there was a Brahmarsi-lord (of creatures), son to Prajapati, and like to the very self of the great-father.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)