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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.15

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 71: Daśaratha’s remaining rites. Bharata performs śrāddha and distributes gifts, the brothers grieve over the ashes and bones, Vasiṣṭha & Sumantra help them complete their duties

In the sequence: Śatrughna also collapses, recalling Daśaratha's affection and blaming the crisis that began with Mantharā

2.71.15

nanu bhojyeṣu pāneṣu vastreṣv ābharaṇeṣu ca
pravārayasi naḥ sarvāṃs tan naḥ ko 'dya kariṣyati

Surely in food, drink, garments and ornaments you used to indulge us all — who now will do that for us?

Words: nanu — surely; bhojyeṣu — in foods; pāneṣu — in drinks; vastreṣv — in garments; ābharaṇeṣu ca — and in ornaments; pravārayasi — you indulge, provide abundantly for; naḥ — us; sarvāṃs — all; tan — that; naḥ — for us; ko 'dya — who now; kariṣyati — will do

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. 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.