Chapter 24 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 24

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 24.3

यस्य भृत्याश्च दासाश्च मृष्टान्यन्नानि भुञ्जते। कथं स भोक्ष्यते रामो वने मूलफलान्ययम्॥

yasya bhṛtyāśca dāsāśca mṛṣṭānyannāni bhuñjate| kathaṃ sa bhokṣyate rāmo vane mūlaphalānyayam||

English Meaning

How shall that Rāma live upon fruits and roots, whose servants and attendants fare on well cooked rice?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)