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)