Valmiki Ramayana 2.103.15: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 103, Shloka 15
पिण्डदानदर्शनम् · The Queens Behold Rama’s Śrāddha Offering
श्रुतिस्तु खल्वियं सत्या लौकिकी प्रतिभाति मा ।
यदन्नः पुरुषो भवति तदन्नास्तस्य देवताः ॥१५॥
śrutis tu khalv iyaṃ satyā laukikī pratibhāti mā |
yad-annaḥ puruṣo bhavati tad-annās tasya devatāḥ ||15||
लोग एक बात कहते हैं, वो सच लग रही है। जो कोई जैसे खाना खाता है, वैसे ही उसके भगवान भी खाना खाते हैं। जैसा खाना, वैसे भगवान।
The well-known saying in this world is that 'whatever food a man partakes, his gods also partake the same'. This dictum appears true (now).
FAQs
It affirms satya in lived experience: one’s condition and offerings are not separate from one’s spiritual relations; dharma is practiced truthfully within one’s actual means, not merely in ideal abundance.
After witnessing Rama’s austere offering, Kausalya recalls a worldly maxim about food shared between a person and his deities, interpreting Rama’s simplicity as spiritually consistent.
Truthful acceptance and reverent realism—recognizing that devotion and duty persist even when circumstances change.
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