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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.17

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: he asks Soma to provide abundant foods of every kind, along with garlands, flowers, drinks, and meats. Bharadvāja completes the invocation through his tapasvin concentration, facing east with joined palms, and the summoned devatās arrive individually

2.85.17

iha me bhagavān somo vidhattām annam uttamam
bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ ca coṣyaṃ ca lehyaṃ ca vividhaṃ bahu

Here let the divine Soma provide me excellent food — to chew, to eat, to suck, and to lick — of many kinds and abundant.

Words: iha — here; me — for me; bhagavān — the divine; somo — Soma; vidhattām — let him provide; annam — food; uttamam — excellent; bhakṣyaṃ — to be chewed; bhojyaṃ ca — and to be eaten; coṣyaṃ ca — and to be sucked; lehyaṃ ca — and to be licked; vividhaṃ — of various kinds; bahu — abundant

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.