Chapter 87 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 87

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 87.3

श्रूयते हि पुरा सौम्य कर्दमस्य प्रजापतेः। पुत्रो वाह्लीश्वरः श्रीमानिलो नाम सुधार्मिकः॥

śrūyate hi purā saumya kardamasya prajāpateḥ| putro vāhlīśvaraḥ śrīmānilo nāma sudhārmikaḥ||

English Meaning

0gentle one, I have heard, that formerly in the province of Valhīka, the graceful king lla, the son of the patriarch Kardama, was highly pious.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)