Chapter 6 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 6.17

वर्णेष्वर्यचतुर्थेषु देवतातिथिपूजकाः। कृतज्ञाच वदान्याच शूरा विक्रमसंयुताः॥

varṇeṣvaryacaturtheṣu devatātithipūjakāḥ| kṛtajñāca vadānyāca śūrā vikramasaṃyutāḥ||

English Meaning

The four orders with Brāhmanas at their head contained persons serving gods and guests, and endowed with gratitude, and munificent, and heroic, and possessing prowess.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)