Chapter 6 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 6

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 6.19

क्षत्रं ब्रह्ममुखं चासीत् वैश्याः क्षत्रमनुव्रताः। शूद्राः स्वकर्मनिरतास्त्रीन् वर्णानुपचारिणः॥

kṣatraṃ brahmamukhaṃ cāsīt vaiśyāḥ kṣatramanuvratāḥ| śūdrāḥ svakarmaniratāstrīn varṇānupacāriṇaḥ||

English Meaning

The Kşatriyas were obedient the Brahmanas, and the Vaisyas followed the Kșatriyas, and the sadras, occupied with their proper vocations, ministered to the three other orders.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)