Chapter 45 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 45

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 45.18

द्विजातीन् हि पदातीस्तान् रामश्चारित्रवत्सलः। न शशाक घृणाचक्षुः परिमोक्तुं रथेन सः॥

dvijātīn hi padātīstān rāmaścāritravatsalaḥ| na śaśāka ghṛṇācakṣuḥ parimoktuṃ rathena saḥ||

English Meaning

Endowed with kindness, that friend of the good, Rāma, could not by proceeding on his car bear to pare with the Brāhmaṇas that were following on foot.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)