Chapter 64 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 64.30

कन्दमूलफलं हृत्वा यो मां प्रियमिवातिथिम्। भोजयिष्यत्यकर्मण्यमप्रग्रहमनायकम्॥

kandamūlaphalaṃ hṛtvā yo māṃ priyamivātithim| bhojayiṣyatyakarmaṇyamapragrahamanāyakam||

English Meaning

Who procuring Kandas, fruits and roots, will feed me like an welcome guest, incapable of and doing anything and furnishing provisions, and without any one to take care of myself.?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)