Valmiki Ramayana 2.91.71: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 91, Shloka 71

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

Devanagari script

वाप्यो मैरेयपूर्णाश्च मृष्टमांसचयैर्वृताः ।

प्रतप्तपिठरैश्चापि मार्गमायूरकौक्कुटैः ॥७१॥

Recitation with translationValmiki Ramayana 2.91.71

Transliteration

vāpyō maireyapūrṇāś ca mṛṣṭamāṁsa-cayair vṛtāḥ |

prataptapiṭharaiś cāpi mārga-mayūra-kaukkuṭaiḥ ||71||

Translation

Sumur-sumur terlihat penuh maireya (arak dari kurma), dikelilingi tumpukan daging pilihan; dan di sepanjang jalan ada periuk-periuk hangat berisi daging rusa, merak, serta unggas yang disediakan.

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Word by Word

• vāpyāḥ: tanks/ponds
• vāpyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāpī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन (plural)

• maireya-pūrṇāḥ: filled with maireya-liquor
• maireya-pūrṇāḥ: Karta-anvaya (कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: maireya (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषण of vāpyāḥ

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• mṛṣṭa-māṃsa-cayaiḥ: with heaps of choice meat
• mṛṣṭa-māṃsa-cayaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + māṃsa (प्रातिपदिक) + caya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन (plural); 'by/with heaps of choice meat'

• vṛtāḥ: were surrounded
• vṛtāḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛ (धातु) → vṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन (plural), स्त्रीलिङ्ग-समन्वय with vāpyāḥ; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थ 'surrounded'

• pratapta-piṭharaiḥ: with heated pots/jars
• pratapta-piṭharaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratapta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + piṭhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन (plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), समुच्चय/अपि = 'also/even'

• mārga-māyūra-kaukkuṭaiḥ: with (meat of) deer, peacock, and cock
• mārga-māyūra-kaukkuṭaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक) + māyūra (प्रातिपदिक) + kaukkuṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन (plural); द्वन्द्व-समास: 'deer, peacock, and cock' (meat implied)

Context

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

Characters & Entities

• Ayodhya
• mārga (deer)
• mayūra

FAQs

What is the ethical (dharma) significance of describing liquor and meat arranged on the road?

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.

Does this verse conflict with satya (truth) in the Ramayana’s depiction of Rama as dharmic?

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.