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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.11

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

2.95.11

bhrātaras te maheṣvāsaṃ sarvataḥ śokakarśitam
rudantaḥ saha vaidehyā siṣicuḥ salilena vai

his brothers, weeping together with Vaidehī, sprinkled with water on every side that great archer emaciated by grief.

Words: bhrātaras — the brothers; te — his; maheṣvāsaṃ — the great archer; sarvataḥ — on every side; śokakarśitam — emaciated by grief; rudantaḥ — weeping; saha — together with; vaidehyā — Vaidehī; siṣicuḥ — sprinkled; salilena — with water; vai — indeed

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.