List of Slokas of Non-Vegetarianism

These Slokas are for the article on Rama a Vegetarian Faddist?

Sloka	Sanskrit	English
2-20-29	चतुर्दश हि वर्षाणि वत्स्यामि विजने वने | मधु मूल फलैः जीवन् हित्वा मुनिवद् आमिषम् ||	I shall live in a solitary forest like a sage for fourteen years, leaving off meat and living with roots, fruits and honey
2-50-44	कुश चीर अजिन धरम् फल मूल अशनम् च माम् | विद्धि प्रणिहितम् धर्मे तापसम् वन गोचरम् ||	Know me as under a vow to be an ascetic, wearing the robes of bark and deerskin and by piety, I am determined to live in the forest by eating roots and fruits only.
2-52-102	तौ तत्र हत्वा चतुरः महा मृगान् | वराहम् ऋश्यम् पृषतम् महा रुरुम् | आदाय मेध्यम् त्वरितम् बुभुक्षितौ| वासाय काले ययतुर् वनः पतिम् ||	Having hunted there four deer, namely Varaaha, Rishya, Prisata; and Mahaaruru (the four principal species of deer) and taking quickly the portions that were pure, being hungry as they were, Rama and Lakshmana reached a tree to take rest in the evening.
2-54-16	पित्रा नियुक्ता भगवन् प्रवेष्यामः तपो वनम् | धर्मम् एव आचरिष्यामः तत्र मूल फल अशनाः ||	Oh, Venerable sage! Commanded by our father, we are entering a lonely forest to practise asceticism, living on roots and fruits.
2-55-33	क्रोशमात्रम् ततो गत्वा भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मनौ || २-५५-३३ बहून्मेध्यान् मृगान् हत्वा चेरतुर्यमुनावने |	Thereafter having travelled only a couple of miles the two brothers Rama and Lakshmana killed many consecrated deer and ate in the river-forest of Yamuna.The translation has an error the word चेरतु means roamed not ate hence it should read roamed in the river forest of Yamuna
5-36-41	न मांसं राघवो भुङ्क्ते न चापि मधुसेवते | वन्यं सुविहितं नित्यं भक्तमश्नाति पञ्चमम् ||	Rama is not eating meat, nor indulging even in spirituous liquor. Everyday, in the evening, he is eating the food existing in the forest, well arranged for him.

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