Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 24: Rāma Instructs Kausalyā
Text 2.24.3
यस्य भृत्याश्च दासाश्च मृष्टान्यन्नानि भुञ्जते।
कथं स भोक्ष्यते नाथो वने मुलफलान्ययम्॥
yasya bhṛtyāś ca dāsāś ca mṛṣṭāny annāni bhuñjate
kathaṁ sa bhokṣyate nātho vane mula-phalāny ayam
yasya = [even] His; bhṛtyāḥ ca = assistants; dāsāḥ = servants; ca = and; mṛṣṭāni = excellent; annāni = rice; bhuñjate = used to eat; katham = how; saḥ = He; bhokṣyate = will eat; nāthaḥ = their master; vane = in the forest; mula-phalāni ayam1 = roots and fruits.
[Even] His assistants and servants used to eat excellent rice. How will He, their master, eat roots and fruits in the forest?
1 Technical note: saḥ ayam nāthaḥ.