Ayodhya Kanda 108.14
Valmiki Ramayanam (IIT Kanpur) · Ayodhya Kanda 108 · Verse 14
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Sanskrit Original
अष्टका पितृदैवत्यमित्ययं प्रसृतो जनः। अन्नस्योपद्रवं पश्य मृतो हि किमशिष्यति।।
aṣṭakā pitṛdaivatyamityayaṅ prasṛtō janaḥ. annasyōpadravaṅ paśya mṛtō hi kimaśiṣyati৷৷
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People perform ashtaka ceremony for the spirits of ancestors and offer them food. Look at the amount of food being wasted. Will the dead (ever) eat food?