Chapter 6 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 6.10

सोऽयं ब्राह्मणभूयिष्ठो वानप्रस्थगणो महान्। त्वंन्नाथोऽनाथवद् राम राक्षसैर्हन्यते भृशम्॥

so'yaṃ brāhmaṇabhūyiṣṭho vānaprasthagaṇo mahān| tvaṃnnātho'nāthavad rāma rākṣasairhanyate bhṛśam||

English Meaning

O Rāma, this many Brahmanas-this great body of men that have assumed the Vānaprastha mode of life, although having you for their lord, are being sorely troubled by Rákşasas, as if they had none.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)