Chapter 74 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 74

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 74.9

ब्रह्म क्षत्रं च तत्सर्वं यत्पूर्वमवरं च यत्॥ युगयोरुभयोरासीत्समवीर्यसमन्वितम्।

brahma kṣatraṃ ca tatsarvaṃ yatpūrvamavaraṃ ca yat|| yugayorubhayorāsītsamavīryasamanvitam|

English Meaning

In the golden age the Brāhmaṇas were more powerful than the Kșatriyas. But in the Tretā age the Brāhmaṇas and the Ksatriyas were equally powerful.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)