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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.1.25

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: the narrator describes the qualities that make Rāma fit to rule: he speaks kindly, remembers kindness rather than injuries, learns from elders, understands duty and government, manages revenue and expenditure, and is accomplished in warfare

2.1.25

anasūyo jitakrodho na dṛpto na ca matsarī
na cāvamantā bhūtānāṃ na ca kālavaśānugaḥ

Free of envy, having conquered anger, neither arrogant nor spiteful, he neither despised any creatures nor yielded to the sway of passing moods.

Words: anasūyo — free of envy; jitakrodho — having conquered anger; na — not; dṛpto — arrogant, insolent; na ca — and not; matsarī — spiteful, jealous; na cāvamantā — and not a despiser; bhūtānāṃ — of beings, creatures; na ca — and not; kālavaśānugaḥ — subject to the power of the moment/circumstance

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.