Chapter 61 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 61

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 61.15

न परेणाहृतं भक्ष्यं व्याघ्रः खादितुमिच्छति। एवमेव नरव्याघ्रः परलीढं न मंस्यते॥

na pareṇāhṛtaṃ bhakṣyaṃ vyāghraḥ khāditumicchati| evameva naravyāghraḥ paralīḍhaṃ na maṃsyate||

English Meaning

A tiger does not like to feed on food procured by others. Even so that tiger-like personage does not regard anything that has come to be tasted by another.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)