Chapter 32 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 32.18

तत्रासीत् पिङ्गलो गाय॑स्त्रिजटो नाम वै द्विजः। क्षतवृत्तिर्वने नित्यं फालकुद्दाललाङ्गली॥

tatrāsīt piṅgalo gāya̭strijaṭo nāma vai dvijaḥ| kṣatavṛttirvane nityaṃ phālakuddālalāṅgalī||

English Meaning

There lived in that quarter a Brāhmaṇa of a tawny colour, by name Trijata, descended from the line of Garga, earning his live-hood by digging the earth with spades and ploughs.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)