Valmiki Ramayana 2.91.71: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 91, Shloka 71
भरद्वाजाश्रमे भरतसैन्यस्य दिव्यात्मिथ्यम् / Divine Hospitality to Bharata’s Army at Bharadvaja’s Hermitage
वाप्यो मैरेयपूर्णाश्च मृष्टमांसचयैर्वृताः ।
प्रतप्तपिठरैश्चापि मार्गमायूरकौक्कुटैः ॥७१॥
vāpyō maireyapūrṇāś ca mṛṣṭamāṁsa-cayair vṛtāḥ |
prataptapiṭharaiś cāpi mārga-mayūra-kaukkuṭaiḥ ||71||
Havia poços cheios de maireya (licor de tamareira), cercados por montes de carnes escolhidas; e, ao longo da estrada, potes aquecidos com carne de veado, de pavão e de aves.
The wells were found filled with datepalm liquor and surrounded by pots of well cooked meat of peacocks, chicken and other animals.
FAQs
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.
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Valmiki Ramayana in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.