Chapter 59 — Bala Kanda, Sarga 59

Valmiki Ramayana — Bala Kanda

Verse 59.10

क्षत्रियो याजको यस्य चण्डालस्य विशेषतः॥ कथं सदसि भोक्तारो हविस्तस्य सुरर्षयः। ब्रह्मणा वा महात्मानो भुक्त्वा चाण्डालभोजनम्॥ कथं स्वर्गं गमियन्ति विश्वामित्रेण पालिताः।

kṣatriyo yājako yasya caṇḍālasya viśeṣataḥ|| kathaṃ sadasi bhoktāro havistasya surarṣayaḥ| brahmaṇā vā mahātmāno bhuktvā cāṇḍālabhojanam|| kathaṃ svargaṃ gamiyanti viśvāmitreṇa pālitāḥ|

English Meaning

How can celestials and saints partake of offerings in the court of him that in addition to being a Chandala, has for this priest a Kşatriya? And how high-souled Brahmanas, patronised by Visvāmitra, attain to heaven, having partaken of a Candāla's fare?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)