Chapter 16 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 16

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 16.8

विद्यते गोषु संपन्न विद्यते ज्ञातितो भयम्। विद्यते स्त्रीषु चापल्यं विद्यते ब्राह्मणे तपः॥

vidyate goṣu saṃpanna vidyate jñātito bhayam| vidyate strīṣu cāpalyaṃ vidyate brāhmaṇe tapaḥ||

English Meaning

In kine there is milk, in kinsmen, there is fear, in women there is fickleness, and in Brahmanas, there is asceticism.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)