Chapter 87 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 87

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 87.6

स राजा तादृशोऽप्यासीद्धर्मे वीर्ये च निष्ठितः। बुद्ध्या च परमोदारो बाह्लीकेशो महायशाः॥

sa rājā tādṛśo'pyāsīddharme vīrye ca niṣṭhitaḥ| buddhyā ca paramodāro bāhlīkeśo mahāyaśāḥ||

English Meaning

And albeit so very powerful the highly illustrious king of Vālhika never swerved from the path of morality nor neglected his deities and rather intelligently used to administer all business.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)