🪷 Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · 3.12.29

Araṇya-Kāṇḍa · The Book of the Forest · Sarga 12 · Verse 29

अग्निम् हुत्वा प्रदाय अर्घ्यम् अतिथिम् प्रतिपूजयेत् ।अन्यथा खलु काकुत्स्थ तपस्वी समुदाचरन् ।दुःसाक्षी इव परे लोके स्वानि मांसानि भक्षयेत् ॥३-१२-२९॥
— Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 3.12.29 · Devanāgarī reading text

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APA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. (n.d.). Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Araṇya-Kāṇḍa 3.12.29. Vidhyāmitra. Retrieved 2026-08-18, from https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/aranya-kanda/12/29
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MLA: Vālmīki Maharṣi. "Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa Araṇya-Kāṇḍa 3.12.29." Vidhyāmitra, 2026, https://vidhyamitra.com/valmiki-ramayana/aranya-kanda/12/29.
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