I am amongst the twice-born not deficient in the virtue of the Kshatriya order. But the descendants of Ikshvaku never boast of their prowess of arms,
नाहमप्यधमोधर्मे क्षत्रियाणां द्विजातिषु। इक्ष्वाकूणां विशेषेण बाहुवीर्ये न कत्थनम्॥