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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.18

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 speaks to Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa about their loss, then asks for the materials for the rites

2.95.18

evam uktvā sa bharataṃ bhāryām abhyetya rāghavaḥ
uvāca śokasaṃtaptaḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanām

Having spoken thus to Bharata, Rāghava, tormented by grief, went up to his wife, whose face was like the full moon, and said:

Words: evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; sa — he; bharataṃ — to Bharata; bhāryām — the wife; abhyetya — having approached; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; uvāca — said; śokasaṃtaptaḥ — tormented by grief; pūrṇacandranibhānanām — whose face resembled the full moon

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.