 सर्वेषु हि स धर्मात्मा वर्णानां कुरुते दयाम्।।चतुर्णां हि वयः स्थानां तेन ते तमनुव्रताः।  
 That righteous Rama shows compassion to all, to the four castes, to the young and the old. So they were devoted to him.  