Chapter 18 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 18.34

किमत्र चित्रं धर्मज्ञ लोकनाथशिखामणे। यत्त्वमार्य प्रभाषेथाः सत्त्ववान्सत्पथे स्थितः॥

kimatra citraṃ dharmajña lokanāthaśikhāmaṇe| yattvamārya prabhāṣethāḥ sattvavānsatpathe sthitaḥ||

English Meaning

What wonder is there that you wouldst speak these auspicious words, O you the foremost of kings, conversant with morality, gifted with prowess and ever treading the pious track as you are.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)