Shloka 1.71.24
जनककुलवर्णनम् तथा सीतोर्मिलादानम् (Janaka’s Genealogy and the Bestowal of Sita and Urmila)
मखा ह्यद्य महाबाहो तृतीये दिवसे प्रभो।फल्गुन्यामुत्तरे राजंस्तस्मिन्वैवाहिकं कुरु।।।।रामलक्ष्मणयो राजन् दानं कार्यं सुखोदयम् ।।
suketor api dharmātmā devarāto mahābalaḥ |
devarātasya rājarṣer bṛhadratha iti smṛtaḥ ||
From Suketu too was born the righteous and mighty Devarāta; and of that royal sage Devarāta, the son remembered was Bṛhadratha.
To-day the star Makha is on the ascendant. O King perform the marriage on the, third day from today under Uttara-Phalguni star. Gifts may be given for the happiness of Rama and Lakshmana".ইত্যার্ষে শ্রীমদ্রামাযণে বাল্মীকীয আদিকাব্যে বালকাণ্ডে একসপ্ততিতমস্সর্গ:৷৷Thus ends the seventyfirst sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.
Power (bala) is ethically framed when joined with dharma; strength is praised alongside righteousness, not apart from it.
The genealogy names Devarāta and then Bṛhadratha, reinforcing the antiquity and legitimacy of Mithilā’s royal line.
The ideal of the ‘rājarṣi’—a ruler whose authority is tempered by ascetic-like moral discipline.