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Shloka 2.91.71

भरद्वाजाश्रमे भरतसैन्यस्य दिव्यात्मिथ्यम् / Divine Hospitality to Bharata’s Army at Bharadvaja’s Hermitage

वाप्यो मैरेयपूर्णाश्च मृष्टमांसचयैर्वृताः।प्रतप्तपिठरैश्चापि मार्गमायूरकौक्कुटैः।।।।

vāpyō maireyapūrṇāś ca mṛṣṭamāṁsa-cayair vṛtāḥ |

prataptapiṭharaiś cāpi mārga-mayūra-kaukkuṭaiḥ ||

Wells were found filled with maireya (date-palm liquor), surrounded by heaps of choice meats; and along the road were heated pots set out, containing meat of deer, peacock, and fowl.

The wells were found filled with datepalm liquor and surrounded by pots of well cooked meat of peacocks, chicken and other animals.

A
Ayodhya
M
maireya
V
vāpyāḥ
P
piṭhara
M
mārga (deer)
M
mayūra
K
kaukkuṭa

The verse functions as a factual narrative detail showing the scale of hospitality and provisioning for a public occasion; it is not presented as a moral prescription, but as description of worldly arrangements within the story-world.

No. The passage is descriptive of what was set out by others in the setting; it does not attribute such consumption or endorsement to Rama, and satya here is served by precise reporting of events and conditions.