Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.27

सत्वेन लोकाञ्जयति द्विजान् दानेन राघवः। गुरुञ्छुश्रूषया वीरो धनुषा युधि शात्रवान्॥

satvena lokāñjayati dvijān dānena rāghavaḥ| guruñchuśrūṣayā vīro dhanuṣā yudhi śātravān||

English Meaning

He conquers all the twice-born ones by gifts; and that hero conquers his superiors by ministrations; and his enemies by encountering them with the bow.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)