Chapter 18 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 18

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 18.7

अनधीत्य च शास्त्राणि वृद्धाननुपसेव्य च। न शक्यमीदृशं वक्तुं यदुवाच हरीश्वरः॥

anadhītya ca śāstrāṇi vṛddhānanupasevya ca| na śakyamīdṛśaṃ vaktuṃ yaduvāca harīśvaraḥ||

English Meaning

Without being conversant with Sastras, and living in the company of old men, none can speak such words as have been uttered by the king of the minkeys.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)