ikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhavo rāmo nāma janaiśśruta: | niyatātmā mahāvīryo dyutimāndhṛtimān vaśī
People have heard his name as Rama, who was born in the race of king Ikshvaku, having steady nature, possessing incomprehensible prowess, selfeffulgent, selfcommanding and subjecting senses under his control.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Rama's physical and intellectual qualities are enumerated: broad-shouldered, strong-armed, eloquent, intelligent. The description follows the traditional order of an ideal king's qualities — from physical strength to intellectual power to moral character.