Chapter 56 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 56

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 56.16

न शक्या यज्ञमध्यस्था वेदिः स्रुग्भाण्डमण्डिता। द्विजातिमन्त्रसम्पूता चण्डालेनावमर्दितुम्॥

na śakyā yajñamadhyasthā vediḥ srugbhāṇḍamaṇḍitā| dvijātimantrasampūtā caṇḍālenāvamarditum||

English Meaning

A Candāla cannot tread the dais reared the midst of a sacrifice beauteous with ladies, and vessels, and sanctified by the twice-born ones.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)