Chapter 26 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 26

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 26.12

न ते क्षौद्रं च दधि च ब्राह्मणा वेदपारगाः। मूर्धि मूर्धाभिषिक्तस्य ददति स्म विधानतः॥

na te kṣaudraṃ ca dadhi ca brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ| mūrdhi mūrdhābhiṣiktasya dadati sma vidhānataḥ||

English Meaning

Why do not the Brahmins, versed in the Vedas, observing the formal rites, sprinkle on your head honey and curd, after washing it duly?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)