Chapter 61 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 61

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 61.13

ब्राह्मणेष्वपि वृत्तेषु भुक्तशेष द्विजोत्तमाः। नाभ्युपेतुमलं प्राज्ञाः शृङ्गच्छेदमिवर्षभाः॥

brāhmaṇeṣvapi vṛtteṣu bhuktaśeṣa dvijottamāḥ| nābhyupetumalaṃ prājñāḥ śṛṅgacchedamivarṣabhāḥ||

English Meaning

Brāhmaṇas of high respectability endowed with wisdom never bear being entertained after the other twice-born ones have been feasted, even as bulls never quietly bear to have their horns cut off.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)