Description of Rama — From the Agni Purana Ramayana
Agni Purana · 1 · Verse 5.12
Sanskrit Original
रामं लक्ष्मणपूर्वजं रघुवरं सीताप्रियं सुन्दरं काकुत्स्थं करुणार्णवं गुणनिधिं विप्रप्रियं धार्मिकम्। राजेन्द्रं सत्यसंधं दशरथनयं श्यामलं शान्तमूर्तिं वन्दे लोकाभिरामं रघुकुलतिलकं राघवं रामचन्द्रम्॥
rāmaṁ lakṣmaṇa-pūrvajaṁ raghu-varaṁ sītā-priyaṁ sundaram kākutsthaṁ karuṇārṇavaṁ guṇa-nidhiṁ vipra-priyaṁ dhārmikam rājendraṁ satya-sandhaṁ daśaratha-nayaṁ śyāmalaṁ śānta-mūrtiṁ vande lokābhirāmaṁ raghu-kula-tilakaṁ rāghavaṁ rāmacandram
I bow to Rāmacandra — elder to Lakṣmana, best of the Raghus, beloved of Sītā, beautiful, of the Kakutstha line, an ocean of compassion, a treasury of virtues, dear to brāhmaṇs, righteous, king of kings, steadfast in truth, son of Daśaratha, dark-complexioned, of peaceful form, delightful to the worlds, the ornament of the Raghu clan — Rāghava Rāmacandra.
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