Valmiki Ramayana Bala Kanda Sarga 73 Shloka 13
Original Shlokaइत्युक्त: परमोदारो वसिष्ठेन महात्मना।।1.73.13।। प्रत्युवाच महातेजा वाक्यं परमधर्मवित्।
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महात्मना magnanimous, वसिष्ठेन by Vasishta, इति thus, उक्त: having been spoken, परमोदार: exceedingly generous, महातेजा highly lustrous, परमधर्मवित् eminent in ethics and morality, वाक्यम् words, प्रत्युवाच replied.
Thus addressed by the great self Vasishta, Janaka, the exceedingly generous, highly lustrous, eminent in ethics replied.