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)