Chapter 1 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 1

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 1.12

शीलवृद्धैर्ज्ञानवृद्धैर्वयोवृद्धैश्च सज्जनैः। कथयन्नास्त वै नित्यमस्त्रयोग्यान्तरेष्वपि ॥

śīlavṛddhairjñānavṛddhairvayovṛddhaiśca sajjanaiḥ| kathayannāsta vai nityamastrayogyāntareṣvapi ||

English Meaning

In the intervals of martial exercises, he always discoursed with persons of character, or wise men, or the aged, or the virtuous.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)