Chapter 68 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 68

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 68.21

सर्वत्र खलु दृश्यन्ते साधवो धर्मचारिणः। शूराः शरण्याः सौमित्रे तिर्यग्योनिगतेष्वपि॥

sarvatra khalu dṛśyante sādhavo dharmacāriṇaḥ| śūrāḥ śaraṇyāḥ saumitre tiryagyonigateṣvapi||

English Meaning

In every status of animal creation, the heroic, the righteous and the honest, affording refuge to all, are to be found, even among the birds.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)