Chapter 74 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 74.7

तस्मिन्युगे प्रज्वलिते ब्रह्मभूते त्वनावृते॥ अमृत्यवस्तदा सर्वे जज्ञिरे दीर्घदर्शिनः।

tasminyuge prajvalite brahmabhūte tvanāvṛte|| amṛtyavastadā sarve jajñire dīrghadarśinaḥ|

English Meaning

And for this, the Brāhmaṇas were the highest caste, effulgent in asceticism, asceticism, shorn shorn of ignorance, above death and conversant with three ages.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)