Ramayana · Chapter 7.065

tathā tu karuṇaṃ tasya dvijasya paridevitam
śuśrāva rāghavaḥ sarvaṃ duḥkhaśokasamanvitam

sa duḥkhena susaṃtapto mantriṇaḥ samupāhvayat
vasiṣṭhaṃ vāmadevaṃ ca bhrātṝṃś ca sahanaigamān

tato dvijā vasiṣṭhena sārdham aṣṭau praveśitāḥ
rājānaṃ devasaṃkāśaṃ vardhasveti tato 'bruvan

mārkaṇḍeyo 'tha maudgalyo vāmadevaś ca kāśyapaḥ
kātyāyano 'tha jābālir gautamo nāradas tathā

ete dvijarṣabhāḥ sarve āganeṣūpaveśitāḥ
mantriṇo naigamāś caiva yathārham anukūlataḥ

teṣāṃ samupaviṣṭānāṃ sarveṣāṃ dīptatejasām
raghavaḥ sarvam ācaṣṭe dvijo yasmāt praroditi

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rājño dīnasya nāradaḥ
pratyuvāca śubhaṃ vākyam ṛṣīṇāṃ saṃnidhau nṛpam

śṛṇu rājan yathākāle prāpto 'yaṃ bālasaṃkṣayaḥ
śrutvā kartavyatāṃ vīra kuruṣva raghunandana

purā kṛtayuge rāma brāhmaṇā vai tapasvinaḥ
abrāhmaṇas tadā rājan na tapasvī kathaṃ cana

tasmin yuge prajvalite brahmabhūte anāvṛte
amṛtyavas tadā sarve jajñire dīrghadarśinaḥ

tatas tretāyugaṃ nāma mānavānāṃ vapuṣmatām
kṣatriyā yatra jāyante pūrveṇa tapasānvitāḥ

vīryeṇa tapasā caiva te 'dhikāḥ pūrvajanmani
mānavā ye mahātmānas tasmiṃs tretāyuge yuge

brahmakṣatraṃ tu tat sarvaṃ yat pūrvam aparaṃ ca yat
yugayor ubhayor āsīt samavīryasamanvitam

apaśyantas tu te sarve viśeṣam adhikaṃ tataḥ
sthāpanaṃ cakrire tatra cāturvarṇyasya sarvataḥ

adharmaḥ pādam ekaṃ tu pātayat pṛthivītale
adharmeṇa hi saṃyuktās tena mandābhavan dvijāḥ

tataḥ prāduṣkṛtaṃ pūrvam āyuṣaḥ pariniṣṭhitam
śubhāny evācaraṃl lokāḥ satyadharmaparāyaṇāḥ

tretāyuge tv avartanta brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyaś ca ye
tapo 'tapyanta te sarve śuśrūṣām apare janāḥ

sa dharmaḥ paramas teṣāṃ vaiśyaśūdram athāgamat
pūjāṃ ca sarvavarṇānāṃ śūdrāś cakrur viśeṣataḥ

tataḥ pādam adharmasya dvitīyam avatārayat
tato dvāparasaṃkhyā sā yugasya samajāyata

tasmin dvāparasaṃkhye tu vartamāne yugakṣaye
adharmaś cānṛtaṃ caiva vavṛdhe puruṣarṣabha

tasmin dvāparasaṃkhyāte tapo vaiśyān samāviśat
na śūdro labhate dharmam ugraṃ taptaṃ nararṣabha

hīnavarṇo naraśreṣṭha tapyate sumahat tapaḥ
bhaviṣyā śūdrayonyāṃ hi tapaścaryā kalau yuge

adharmaḥ paramo rāma dvāpare śūdradhāritaḥ
sa vai viṣayaparyante tava rājan mahātapāḥ
śūdras tapyati durbuddhis tena bālavadho hy ayam

yo hy adharmam akāryaṃ vā viṣaye pārthivasya hi
karoti rājaśārdūla pure vā durmatir naraḥ
kṣipraṃ hi narakaṃ yāti sa ca rājā na saṃśayaḥ

sa tvaṃ puruṣaśārdūla mārgasva viṣayaṃ svakam
duṣkṛtaṃ yatra paśyethās tatra yatnaṃ samācara

evaṃ te dharmavṛddhiś ca nṛṇāṃ cāyurvivardhanam
bhaviṣyati naraśreṣṭha bālasyāsya ca jīvitam