Valmiki Ramayana 2.102.30: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 102, Shloka 30
पितृमरणश्रवणं जलक्रिया च
Hearing of Daśaratha’s death and the libation rites at Mandākinī
इदं भुङ्क्ष्वमहाराज प्रीतो यदशना वयम् ।
यदन्नः पुरुषो भवति तदन्ना स्तस्य देवताः ॥३०॥
idaṃ bhuṅkṣva mahārāja prīto yad-aśanā vayam |
yad-annaḥ puruṣo bhavati tad-annās tasya devatāḥ ||30||
ഹേ മഹാരാജാവേ, പ്രസന്നനായി ഞങ്ങൾ ഇപ്പോൾ ഭക്ഷിക്കുന്ന ഈ അന്നം തന്നേ സ്വീകരിച്ചു ഭുജിക്കണമേ; മനുഷ്യൻ ഏതു അന്നം ഭുജിക്കുന്നുവോ, അവനോട് ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട ദേവതകൾക്കും അതേ അന്നം ലഭിക്കുന്നു.
O great king, we offer you such food as we partake now. Be pleased to accept it. For, his gods are offered the food a man takes.
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Hospitality (atithi-dharma) and ritual propriety: sharing food respectfully is treated as sacred, extending to one’s divine associations.
A speaker invites a king to accept the same food the hosts are eating, grounding the invitation in a traditional religious rationale.
Generosity and reverence: offering one’s own portion sincerely, not merely a formal or inferior substitute.
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