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)