Chapter 118 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 118

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 118.9

एवमुक्तो महातेजा धृतिमानुरुविक्रमः। उवाच त्रिदशश्रेष्ठं रामो धर्मभृतां वरः॥

evamukto mahātejā dhṛtimānuruvikramaḥ| uvāca tridaśaśreṣṭhaṃ rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ||

English Meaning

Being thus addressed, the highly effulgent and intelligent Rāma, of unmitigated prowess-the foremost of the pious, spoke to that best of celestials saying.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)