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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.1.27

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

2.1.27

tathā sarvaprajākāntaiḥ prītisaṃjananaiḥ pituḥ
guṇair viruruce rāmo dīptaḥ sūrya ivāṃśubhiḥ

Likewise Rāma shone with virtues that endeared him to all the people and gladdened his father, as the blazing sun shines with its rays.

Words: tathā — likewise; sarvaprajākāntaiḥ — dear to all the people; prītisaṃjananaiḥ — producing joy; pituḥ — of/for the father; guṇair — by virtues; viruruce — shone forth; rāmo — Rāma; dīptaḥ — blazing, radiant; sūrya ivāṃśubhiḥ — like the sun with its rays

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.