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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.40.29

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 40: The citizens follow to the Tamasā. Rāma asks them to support Bharata, then leaves his chariot to walk beside the elderly brāhmaṇas

In the sequence: they say their sacrifices depend on his return and plead with him as the party reaches the Tamasā River.

2.40.29

niśceṣṭāhārasaṃcārā vṛkṣaikasthānaviṣṭhitāḥ
pakṣiṇo 'pi prayācante sarvabhūtānukampinam

Ceasing to stir for food or to move about, staying fixed each on his single tree, even the birds entreat you, the compassionate friend of all beings.

Words: niśceṣṭāhārasaṃcārā — motionless in feeding and roaming; vṛkṣaikasthānaviṣṭhitāḥ — staying each fixed on one tree; pakṣiṇo 'pi — even the birds; prayācante — entreat, implore; sarvabhūtānukampinam — the compassionate one toward all beings

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.