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न मांसं राघवो भुङ्क्ते न चापि मधु सेवते ।
वन्यं सुविहितं नित्यं भक्तमश्नाति पञ्चमम् ॥
 
Raghava does not eat any flesh nor
does he drink honey. He eats only boiled
rice and forest produce as prescribed (for
the ascetic) always in the fifth part of
the day (evenings).
 
THE RAMAYANA
 
अनिद्रस्सततं रामः सुप्तोऽपि च नरोत्तमः ।
सीतेति मधुरां वाण व्याहरन् प्रतिबुध्यते ॥
Rama, best of men, has no sleep
usually. And even when he sleeps, he
wakes up uttering the sweet words 'Sita,
Sita'.
 
अभिज्ञानं प्रयच्छ त्वं जानीयादायको हि यत् ।
ब्रूहि यद्राघवो वाच्यो लक्ष्मणश्च महाबलः ॥
 
Give me some token that Raghava may
recognise it, and tell me that which
Raghava and Lakshmana the strong should
be told."
 
इत्युक्तवति तस्मिंश्च सीता सुरसुतोपमा ।
उवाच शोकसन्तप्ता हनुमन्तं प्लवङ्गमम् ॥