Valmiki Ramayana Ayodhya Kanda Sarga 72 Shloka 34
Original Shlokaधर्मविद्धर्मनित्यश्च सत्यसन्धो दृढव्रतः। आर्यः किमब्रवीद्राजा पिता मे सत्यविक्रमः।।2.72.34।।
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English Translation
धर्मवित् conversant with virtuous conduct, धर्मनित्यश्च one who always conducts himself in a righteous manner, सत्यसन्ध: fixed upon truth, दृढव्रतः firm in vows, सत्यविक्रमः one whose strength is truth, आर्यः venerable one, राजा king, मे पिता my father, किम् what, अब्रवीत् did he say (at the time of his death)?
English Commentary
What did my father, the noble king, conversant with righteous conduct, true, to his vows, one who always conducted himself in a righteous manner, whose truth was his prowess (at the time of his death)?