पठन्द्विजो वागृषभत्वमीयात् स्यात्क्षत्रियो भूमिपतित्वमीयात् । वणिग्जन: पण्यफलत्वमीयात् जनश्च शूद्रोऽपि महत्वमीयात् ।।1.1.100।।
paṭhandvijo vāgṛṣabhatvamīyāt syātkṣatriyo bhūmipatitvamīyāt . vaṇigjana: paṇyaphalatvamīyāt janaśca śūdro'pi mahatvamīyāt ..1.1.100..
English Translation
"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."
Word Meanings
पठन् जन: People by reading this, द्विज: स्यात् if he is a brahmin, वागृषभत्वम् proficient in the eighteen branches of learning, ईयात् attains, क्षत्रिय: kshatriya, भूमिपतित्वम् lordship over landed possessions, ईयात् gets, वणिग्जनः vaisya, पण्यफलत्वम् fruits of his merit, ईयात् gets, जनश्च men, शूद्रोऽपि sudra also, महत्वम् greatness, ईयात् attains.
Source
Valmiki Ramayana
Chapter
Sarga 1
Verse
1.100