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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.11.26

Araṇya Kāṇḍa, sarga 11: Agastya’s gifts of weapons. He gives Rāma Viṣṇu’s bow, Brahmā’s arrow, Indra’s inexhaustible quivers and a gold-adorned sword

In the sequence: he explains the importance of hospitality and honors Rāma as a welcome royal guest.

3.11.26

anyathā khalu kākutstha tapasvī samudācaran
duḥsākṣīva pare loke svāni māṃsāni bhakṣayet

“Truly, Kākutstha, an ascetic who acts otherwise (than by the rules of hospitality) would, like a false witness, devour his own flesh in the next world.

Words: anyathā — otherwise; khalu — indeed, truly; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; tapasvī — an ascetic; samudācaran — behaving, conducting himself; duḥsākṣīva — like a false witness; pare loke — in the next world; svāni — his own; māṃsāni — the flesh; bhakṣayet — would devour

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.