Canto 3 -
Araṇya-kāṇḍa
Chapter 50: Jaṭāyu Challenges Rāvaṇa
Text 3.50.17
स भारः सौम्य भर्तव्यो यो नरं नावसादयेत्।
तदन्नमपि भोक्तव्यं जीर्यते यदनामयम्॥
sa bhāraḥ saumya bhartavyo yo naraṁ nāvasādayet
tad annam api bhoktavyaṁ jīryate yad anāmayam
saḥ = a; bhāraḥ = heavy item; saumya = gentle one; bhartavyaḥ = should carry; yaḥ = that; naram = a man; na avasādayet = does not tire him out; tat = that; annam = food; api = and; bhoktavyam = one should eat; jīryate = is digested; yat = which; anāmayam = and which does not bring about disease.
Gentle one, a man should carry a heavy item that does not tire him out and one should eat that food which is digested and which does not bring about disease.