Valmiki Ramayana · Bala Kanda · Sarga 1
बुद्धिमान्नीतिमान्वाग्मी श्रीमान् शत्रुनिबर्हण: । विपुलांसो महाबाहु: कम्बुग्रीवो महाहनु:
buddhimānnītimānvāgmī śrīmān śatrunibarhaṇa: | vipulāṃso mahābāhu: kambugrīvo mahāhanu:
He (Sri Rama) is a great intellectual, adherent to rules, eloquent, handsome, destroyer of foes (sins), broadshouldered, strongarmed, having conchshaped neck and prominent cheeks.
— M.N. Dutt (1891)
Commentary
The description continues with Rama's distinctive physical marks — knee-length arms, a noble forehead, a broad chest. These are not merely aesthetic details; in Indian iconography, they are lakṣaṇas (auspicious marks) that identify a mahāpuruṣa (great being).
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