Valmiki Ramayana · Ayodhya Kanda · Sarga 2
मृदुश्च स्थिरचित्तश्च सदा भव्योऽनसूयकः। प्रियवादी च भूतानां सत्यवादी च राघवः।।2.2.32।। बहुश्रुतानां वृद्धानां ब्राह्मणानामुपासिता। तेनास्येहाऽतुला कीर्तिर्यशस्तेजश्च वर्धते
mṛduśca sthiracittaśca sadā bhavyo'nasūyakaḥ| priyavādī ca bhūtānāṃ satyavādī ca rāghavaḥ bahuśrutānāṃ vṛddhānāṃ brāhmaṇānāmupāsitā| tenāsyehā'tulā kīrtiryaśastejaśca vardhate
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.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
The verse repeats and reinforces Rama's gentleness — 'soft-spoken, steadfast, always serene.' The doubling is intentional: gentle speech is not weakness but the mark of one who needs no aggression to be heard. Rama's power is quiet because it is absolute.
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