Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 1
तथा सर्वप्रजाकान्तैः प्रीतिसंजननैः पितुः।।2.1.32।। गुणैर्विरुरुचे रामो दीप्तस्सूर्य इवांशुभिः।
tathā sarvaprajākāntaiḥ prītisaṃjananaiḥ pituḥ guṇairviruruce rāmo dīptassūrya ivāṃśubhiḥ|
Rama whose virtues were cherished by all his subjects was a source of delight to his father and he shone like the rays of the resplendent Sun.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
Rama is a source of delight to his father. After the cosmic descriptions, the verse returns to the intimate: a father's joy in his son. The epic never lets the grand and the personal drift apart — Rama is the saviour of the cosmos and also Dasharatha's beloved boy.
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