Chapter 17 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 17

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 17.31

पञ्च पञ्चनखा भक्ष्या ब्रह्मक्षत्रेण राघव। शल्यकः श्वाविधो गोधा शशः कूर्मश्च पञ्चमः॥

pañca pañcanakhā bhakṣyā brahmakṣatreṇa rāghava| śalyakaḥ śvāvidho godhā śaśaḥ kūrmaśca pañcamaḥ||

English Meaning

A hedge-hog a porcupine, an iguana, a hare and a tortoise these five animals only, having five toes, are worthy of being eaten by the Ks atryas and Brahmins, O Rāghava.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)