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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.15

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

2.95.15

niṣpradhānām anekāgraṃ narendreṇa vinākṛtām
nivṛttavanavāso 'pi nāyodhyāṃ gantum utsahe

Even though my forest-dwelling is over, I cannot bring myself to go to Ayodhyā — leaderless, in disarray, deprived of its king.

Words: niṣpradhānām — leaderless; anekāgraṃ — in disarray, not single-focused; narendreṇa — of the king; vinākṛtām — deprived; nivṛttavanavāso — whose forest-dwelling has ended; 'pi — even; nāyodhyāṃ — not to Ayodhyā; gantum — to go; utsahe — I dare, I am able

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.