Chapter 74 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 74.16

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तेषामधर्मे चानृते च ह। ततः पूर्वे पुनर्वासमगमन्नृपसत्तम॥

etasminnantare teṣāmadharme cānṛte ca ha| tataḥ pūrve punarvāsamagamannṛpasattama||

English Meaning

O foremost of kings, at the end of the Tretă age, Vaiśyas and Śūdras being fully overpowered by the sin of untruth, the Brāhmaṇas and the Kșatriyas also grew feeble.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)