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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 85: Bharadvāja’s divine feast. Invoked devatās provide the army with food, drink and comforts, Bharata honours Rāma’s throne and sits as a minister

In the sequence: Bharadvāja himself next calls the rivers from earth and sky, asking some to flow with maireya wine, others with surā liquor, and others with cool water sweet as sugarcane juice

2.85.13

anyāḥ sravantu maireyaṃ surām anyāḥ suniṣṭhitām
aparāś codakaṃ śītam ikṣukāṇḍarasopamam

Let some flow with maireya wine, others with well-refined surā liquor, and yet others with cool water like the juice of sugarcane stalks.

Words: anyāḥ — some; sravantu — let them flow; maireyaṃ — maireya (a liquor); surām — surā liquor; anyāḥ — others; suniṣṭhitām — well-refined; aparāś — and yet others; codakaṃ — water; śītam — cool; ikṣukāṇḍarasopamam — like the juice of sugarcane stalks

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.