Ramayana
अहं तावदिह प्राप्तः किं पुनस्ते महाबलाः । न हि प्रकृष्टाः प्रेत्यन्ते प्रेष्यन्ते हीतरे जनाः ॥ ५-६८-२२
'When I could come here, what to speak of the mightier monkeys?, People do not send the superior ones on errand, but send only the juniors. ॥ 5-68-22॥
english translation
ahaM tAvadiha prAptaH kiM punaste mahAbalAH । na hi prakRSTAH pretyante preSyante hItare janAH ॥ 5-68-22
hk transliteration by Sanscript