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Kishkindha Kanda Sarga 59 Shloka 16
Original Shloka
न हि सामोपपन्नानां प्रहर्ता विद्यते क्वचित्। नीचेष्वपि जनः कश्चित्किमङ्ग बत मद्विधः।।4.59.16।।
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset

English Translation

सामोपपन्नानाम् for polite people, प्रहर्ता who strikes, जनः people, नीचेष्वपि even among the mean, कश्चित् any one, क्वचित् at any place, न हि not do, मद्विधः one like me, किमङ्ग not to say, बत indeed.

English Commentary

'Who will strike polite people? Even the mean do not do it anywhere. And what to speak of me.