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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.85.65

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 find further prepared meats, rice, curds, sweets, pools of drink, bathing supplies, mirrors, combs, clothing, footwear, armor, beds, and fodder

2.85.65

vāpyo maireya pūrṇāś ca mṛṣṭamāṃsacayair vṛtāḥ
pratapta piṭharaiś cāpi mārgamāyūrakaukkuṭaiḥ

There were pools full of maireya wine, surrounded by heaps of dressed meat, and with heated pots of the flesh of deer, peacock and cock,

Words: vāpyo — pools; maireya pūrṇāś ca — and full of maireya wine; mṛṣṭamāṃsacayair — with heaps of dressed meat; vṛtāḥ — surrounded; pratapta piṭharaiś cāpi — and with heated pots; mārgamāyūrakaukkuṭaiḥ — of deer, peacock and cock (flesh)

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.