Chapter 16 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 16.4

प्रधानं साधकं वैद्यं धर्मशीलं च राक्षस। ज्ञातयोऽप्यवमन्यन्ते शूरं परिभवन्ति च॥

pradhānaṃ sādhakaṃ vaidyaṃ dharmaśīlaṃ ca rākṣasa| jñātayo'pyavamanyante śūraṃ paribhavanti ca||

English Meaning

The kinsmen, O Raksasa, generally disregard him who is their king, * protects the kingdom, educated and pious-and they always try to discomfit him, if he be a heroe. *On account of the priority of his birth,

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)