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)