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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 95: Rāma’s offerings for Daśaratha. Hearing of his death, Rāma collapses, then offers Mandākinī water and iṅgudī paste with jujube as his own forest fare

In the sequence: Sītā and his brothers revive him with water

2.95.10

tathā hi patitaṃ rāmaṃ jagatyāṃ jagatīpatim
kūlaghātapariśrāntaṃ prasuptam iva kuñjaram

Rāma, lord of the earth, thus fallen upon the ground like an elephant asleep, worn out from battering a riverbank,

Words: tathā — thus; hi — indeed; patitaṃ — fallen; rāmaṃ — Rāma; jagatyāṃ — on the ground; jagatīpatim — lord of the earth; kūlaghātapariśrāntaṃ — worn out from battering the bank; prasuptam — asleep; iva — like; kuñjaram — elephant

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.