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)