Chapter 7 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 7

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 7.9

ब्रह्मक्षत्रमहिंसन्तस्ते कोशं समपूरयन्। सुतीक्ष्णदण्डाः सम्प्रेक्ष्य पुरुषस्य बलाबलम्॥

brahmakṣatramahiṃsantaste kośaṃ samapūrayan| sutīkṣṇadaṇḍāḥ samprekṣya puruṣasya balābalam||

English Meaning

And not bearing ill will towards Brahmaņas and Khatriyas, and filling the treasury, by inflicting punishments according lo the offences of the persons guilty.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)