Bala Kanda 1.100
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Bala Kanda 1 · Verse 100
Sanskrit Original
पठन्द्विजो वागृषभत्वमीयात् स्यात्क्षत्रियो भूमिपतित्वमीयात् । वणिग्जन: पण्यफलत्वमीयात् जनश्च शूद्रोऽपि महत्वमीयात् ।।
paṭhandvijō vāgṛṣabhatvamīyāt syātkṣatriyō bhūmipatitvamīyāt . vaṇigjana: paṇyaphalatvamīyāt janaśca śūdrō.pi mahatvamīyāt ৷৷
A brahmin becomes proficient in the eighteen branches of learning a kshatriya gets lordship over landed possessions a vaisya gets the fruits of his business and sudra also attains greatness by reading Ramayana". इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये बालकाण्डे (श्रीमद्रामायणकथासङ्क्षेपो नाम) प्रथम: सर्ग:।। Thus ends the first sarga of Balakanda of the holy Ramayana in synopsis of the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.