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)