All 4 Uses of
menial
in
The Ramayana
- The twice-born sages, whose delight Was Scripture's page and holy rite, Their calm and settled course pursued, Nor sought the menial multitude.†
Book 1 *
- She hurled by hundreds to the ground The menial crew that hemmed her round, And flying swifter than the blast Before the saint herself she cast.†
Book 1
- But when Kausalyásaw that he Resolved to keep his sire's decree, While tears and sobs her utterance broke, Her very righteous speech she spoke: "Can he, a stranger yet to pain, Whose pleasant words all hearts enchain, Son of the king and me the queen, Live on the grain his hands may glean; Can he, whose slaves and menials eat The finest cakes of sifted wheat— Can Ráma in the forest live On roots and fruit which woodlands give; Who will believe, who will not fear When the sad story smites his ear, That one so dear, so noble held, Is by the king his sire expelled?†
Book 2
- Then Rákshas bearers tall and strong, Selected from the menial throng, Through Lanká's gate the queen, arrayed In glorious robes and gems, conveyed.†
Book 6
Definition:
of work: unskilled and uninteresting