Chapter 11 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 11

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 11.44

धारयन् ब्राह्मणं रूपमिल्वलः संस्कृतं वदन्। आमन्त्रयति विप्रान् स भाद्धमुद्दिश्य निघृणः॥ भ्रातरं संस्कृतं कृत्वा ततस्तं मेषरूपिणम्। तान् द्विजान् भोजयामास श्राद्धदृष्टेन कर्मणा ॥

dhārayan brāhmaṇaṃ rūpamilvalaḥ saṃskṛtaṃ vadan| āmantrayati viprān sa bhāddhamuddiśya nighṛṇaḥ|| bhrātaraṃ saṃskṛtaṃ kṛtvā tatastaṃ meṣarūpiṇam| tān dvijān bhojayāmāsa śrāddhadṛṣṭena karmaṇā ||

English Meaning

Wearing the form of a Brāhmana, and speaking Sanskrit, the cruel one used to invite Vipras to a Śrāddha. And, cooking his brother wearing the shape of a sheep, he used to feed the twice-born ones according to the rites prescribed for Śrāddhas.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)