Chapter 74 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 74.21

हीनवर्णो नृपश्रेष्ठ तप्यते सुमहत्तपः। भविष्यच्छूद्रयोन्यां हि तपश्चर्या कलौ युगे॥

hīnavarṇo nṛpaśreṣṭha tapyate sumahattapaḥ| bhaviṣyacchūdrayonyāṃ hi tapaścaryā kalau yuge||

English Meaning

O foremost of men, the degraded caste, the Śūdras, during your rege me, have engaged in austere penances. And in the Kali Yuga asceticism shall be established in the Sūdras.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)