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)