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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.21.12

Bāla Kāṇḍa, sarga 21: Departure with Viśvāmitra: Rāma receives Balā & Atibalā. Daśaratha releases Rāma with Lakṣmaṇa, they follow Viśvāmitra along the Sarayū and Rāma receives the protective Balā & Atibalā teachings

In the sequence: they strengthen understanding, readiness of reply, and other excellences, and prevent hunger and thirst when recited on the road

1.21.12

na bāhvoḥ sadṛśo vīrye pṛthivyām asti kaś cana
triṣu lokeṣu vā rāma na bhavet sadṛśas tava

There is no one on earth equal to the might of your arms; nor in the three worlds, O Rāma, would there be your equal.

Words: na — not; bāhvoḥ — of the two arms; sadṛśo — equal; vīrye — in might; pṛthivyām — on earth; asti — is, exists; kaś — anyone; cana — at all (indef.); triṣu — in the three; lokeṣu — in the worlds; vā — or; rāma — O Rāma; na — not; bhavet — would be; sadṛśas — equal; tava — to you

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.