Chapter 37 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 37

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 37.20

तथा निगमवृद्धाश्च कुलीना ये च मानवाः। शिरसा वन्द्य राजानमुपासन्ते विचक्षणाः॥

tathā nigamavṛddhāśca kulīnā ye ca mānavāḥ| śirasā vandya rājānamupāsante vicakṣaṇāḥ||

English Meaning

All those who were advanced in the study of Vedas, born in respectable families, and learned, bowed to the king lowering their heads.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)