Chapter 77 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 77

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 77.10

कस्य स्यादीदृशो भाव आहारो देवसंमत। आश्चर्य वर्तते सौम्य श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्त्वतः। नाहमौपयिकं मन्ये तव भक्ष्यमिमं शवम्॥

kasya syādīdṛśo bhāva āhāro devasaṃmata| āścarya vartate saumya śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ| nāhamaupayikaṃ manye tava bhakṣyamimaṃ śavam||

English Meaning

O you adored of the immortals, persons like you should not take such meals. O gentle one, I have been stricken with great curiosity and wish to hear all. Thine living upon dead body does not appear agreeable to me.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)