Chapter 111 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 111

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 111.14

ब्राह्मणो ह्येकपाāन नरान् रोद्भुमिहार्हति। न तु मूर्धाभिषिक्तानां विधिः प्रत्युपवेशने॥

brāhmaṇo hyekapāāna narān rodbhumihārhati| na tu mūrdhābhiṣiktānāṃ vidhiḥ pratyupaveśane||

English Meaning

It is a Brāhmaṇa who alone can obstruct a person by lying down beside him; but there is no rule by which a member of the military class* can lie down (in this wise). *Murdhabhisikta, Murdha, the head; Abhisikta, sprinkled; kings being consecrated by having poured on their heads, while seated on a throne, prepared for the purpose, water from some sacred stream, mixed with honey, clarified butter, and spirituous liquor, as well as two sorts of grass and sprouts of corn; the term applies to the Kșetriya as identified with the king, the duties of royalty belonging specially to the military caste.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)