Chapter 78 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 78

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 78.3

पुरा वैदर्भको राजा पिता मम महायशाः। सुदेव इति विख्यातस्त्रिषु लोकेषु वीर्यवान्।॥

purā vaidarbhako rājā pitā mama mahāyaśāḥ| sudeva iti vikhyātastriṣu lokeṣu vīryavān|||

English Meaning

There flourished in the days of yore a highly illustratious and powerful Vidarbha king under the name of Sudeva known over three worlds. He was my father.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)