Chapter 36 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 36

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 36.38

न मांसं राघवो भुङ्क्ते न चैव मधु सेवते। वन्यं सुविहितं नित्यं भक्तमश्नाति पञ्चमम्॥

na māṃsaṃ rāghavo bhuṅkte na caiva madhu sevate| vanyaṃ suvihitaṃ nityaṃ bhaktamaśnāti pañcamam||

English Meaning

Rāghava dose not take meat nor drink honeyế he takes every day in the evening boiled rice and such wild fruits as are sanctioned by the Sastras.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)