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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.35.13

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 35: Mārīca’s warning. He corrects Rāvaṇa’s account of Rāma’s exile, praises Rāma’s character and urges consultation before a plan that could destroy Laṅkā

In the sequence: he praises Rāma's character and compares abducting Sītā to seizing the sun's radiance or entering a blazing fire

3.35.13

rāmo vigrahavān dharmaḥ sādhuḥ satyaparākramaḥ
rājā sarvasya lokasya devānām iva vāsavaḥ

Rāma is dharma itself embodied, a virtuous man of true valour; he is king of the whole world, as Vāsava (Indra) is king of the gods.

Words: rāmo — Rāma; vigrahavān — embodied, having bodily form; dharmaḥ — dharma, righteousness; sādhuḥ — virtuous, good; satyaparākramaḥ — of true valour; rājā — king; sarvasya lokasya — of the whole world; devānām iva — as of the gods; vāsavaḥ — Vāsava (Indra)

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.