मृदुश्च स्थिरचित्तश्च सदा भव्योऽनसूयकः। प्रियवादी च भूतानां सत्यवादी च राघवः।।2.2.32।। बहुश्रुतानां वृद्धानां ब्राह्मणानामुपासिता। तेनास्येहाऽतुला कीर्तिर्यशस्तेजश्च वर्धते।।2.2.33।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
English Translation
राघव: son of the Raghus (Rama), मृदु: च softspoken, स्थिरचित्त: च steadfast, सदा always, भव्य: serene, अनसूयक: free from envy, भूतानाम् for living beings, प्रियवादी pleasing सत्यवादी च one who always speaks the truth, बहुश्रुतानाम् of those learned in a number of shastras, वृद्धानाम् of elderly persons, ब्राह्मणानाम् of brahmins, उपासिता serves, तेन with these, अस्य his, अतुला incomparable, कीर्ति: glory, यश: fame, तेजश्च splendour, इह in this world, वर्धते growing.
English Commentary
This son of the Raghus (Rama) is softspoken, steadfast, always serene, truthful and free from envy. He is pleasing to all beings. He serves those elderly brahmins versed in many lores. With these virtues his incomparable glory, fame and splendour have steadily grown.