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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.13

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: he laments that he could not serve his father at the end and wonders who will welcome or guide him when the exile is over

2.95.13

kiṃ nu tasya mayā kāryaṃ durjātena mahātmanā
yo mṛto mama śokena na mayā cāpi saṃskṛtaḥ

What now can be done by me, ill-fated as I am, for that great-souled father, who died of grief for me and was not even given the funeral rites by me?

Words: kiṃ — what; nu — now, indeed; tasya — for him; mayā — by me; kāryaṃ — to be done; durjātena — by (me) ill-fated; mahātmanā — the great-souled; yo — who; mṛto — died; mama — for me, my; śokena — by grief; na — not; mayā — by me; cāpi — and even; saṃskṛtaḥ — given funeral rites

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.