Chapter 67 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 67

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 67.16

नाराजके जनपदे बद्धघण्टा विषाणिनः। अटन्ति राजमार्गेषु कुञ्जराः षष्ठिहायनाः॥

nārājake janapade baddhaghaṇṭā viṣāṇinaḥ| aṭanti rājamārgeṣu kuñjarāḥ ṣaṣṭhihāyanāḥ||

English Meaning

In a kingless country long-tusked elephants sixty years old, bearing bells on their necks, do not walk the high-way.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)