श्रीमद्रामायणकथासङ्क्षेपः / The Ramayana in Synopsis
Narada’s Summary to Valmiki
बुद्धिमान्नीतिमान्वाग्मी श्रीमान् शत्रुनिबर्हण: ।विपुलांसो महाबाहु: कम्बुग्रीवो महाहनु: ।।।।
buddhimān nītimān vāgmī śrīmān śatrunibarhaṇaḥ |
vipulāṃso mahābāhuḥ kambugrīvo mahāhanuḥ ||
वे परम बुद्धिमान, नीति-निपुण, वाणी में प्रवीण और श्रीसम्पन्न हैं; शत्रुओं का संहार करने वाले। उनके कंधे विशाल हैं, भुजाएँ महाबली हैं; कंबु-सी ग्रीवा और दृढ़, उन्नत हनु (ठोड़ी) है।
He (Sri Rama) is a great intellectual, adherent to rules, eloquent, handsome, destroyer of foes (sins), broad-shouldered, strong-armed, having conch-shaped neck and prominent cheeks.
Dharma here is expressed as inner excellence suitable for righteous leadership: intelligence guided by nīti (ethical governance), truthful/skillful speech, and the power to restrain or defeat harm.
Vālmīki asks who in the world embodies ideal qualities; Nārada replies by listing Rāma’s virtues, beginning with his intellectual, ethical, and bodily excellences.
Nītimattva—mastery of ethical conduct and statecraft—supported by eloquence (vāgmī) and the protective strength to overcome enemies (śatrunibarhaṇaḥ).