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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.49
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: the guests are invited to drink and eat their fill; attendants bathe, massage, and serve them, while the animals receive sugarcane and honeycombs
2.85.49
surāṃ surāpāḥ pibata pāyasaṃ ca bubhukśitāḥ
māṃsani ca sumedhyāni bhakṣyantāṃ yāvad icchatha
“You who drink liquor, drink the surā; you who are hungry, eat the milk-rice; and let the pure meats be eaten as much as you wish.”
Words: surāṃ — the surā liquor; surāpāḥ — O drinkers of surā; pibata — drink!; pāyasaṃ ca — and the milk-rice; bubhukśitāḥ — O hungry ones; māṃsani — meats; ca — and; sumedhyāni — very pure; bhakṣyantāṃ — let them be eaten; yāvad — as much as; icchatha — you wish
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.