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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.1.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 1: Daśaratha proposes Rāma as heir. With Bharata & Śatrughna in Kekaya, Daśaratha weighs Rāma’s fitness to rule and summons an assembly

In the sequence: back in Ayodhyā, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa attend to their father, while Rāma looks after public affairs and his obligations to his mothers and elders

2.1.10

teṣām api mahātejā rāmo ratikaraḥ pituḥ
svayambhūr iva bhūtānāṃ babhūva guṇavattaraḥ

Among them too, Rāma of great splendour, giver of joy to his father, was, like the Self-existent among beings, the most richly endowed with virtues.

Words: teṣām api — among them too; mahātejā — of great splendour; rāmo — Rāma; ratikaraḥ — giver of joy; pituḥ — to the father, of the father; svayambhūr iva — like the Self-existent (Brahmā); bhūtānāṃ — among beings; babhūva — became, was; guṇavattaraḥ — more richly endowed with virtues

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.