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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.18

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

2.85.18

vicitrāṇi ca mālyāni pādapapracyutāni ca
surādīni ca peyāni māṃsāni vividhāni ca

And varied garlands, and flowers fallen from the trees, and drinks beginning with surā, and various meats too.

Words: vicitrāṇi ca — and varied; mālyāni — garlands; pādapapracyutāni ca — and fallen from the trees; surādīni ca — and (drinks) beginning with surā; peyāni — drinks; māṃsāni — meats; vividhāni ca — and various

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.