Chapter 12 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 12

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 12.67

अनार्य इति मामार्याः पुत्रविक्रायकं ध्रुवम्। विकरिष्यन्ति रथ्यासु सुरापं ब्राह्मणं यथा॥

anārya iti māmāryāḥ putravikrāyakaṃ dhruvam| vikariṣyanti rathyāsu surāpaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ yathā||

English Meaning

Surely gentle folks will on the high-way censure me as one lost to gentility, as one who has sold his son (for buying his wife's good graces), even like a Brāhmana given to drinking.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)