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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 1.21.13

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

1.21.13

na saubhāgye na dākṣiṇye na jñāne buddhiniścaye
nottare pratipattavyo samo loke tavānagha

Neither in charm, nor in courtesy, nor in knowledge, nor in firmness of resolve, nor in readiness of reply, is your equal to be found in the world, O sinless one.

Words: na — not; saubhāgye — in charm, good fortune; na — nor; dākṣiṇye — in courtesy, dexterity; na — nor; jñāne — in knowledge; buddhiniścaye — in firmness of resolve; nottare — nor in reply, rejoinder; pratipattavyo — to be found, obtained; samo — an equal; loke — in the world; tavānagha — to you, O sinless one

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.