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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.19

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

2.95.19

sīte mṛtas te śvaśuraḥ pitrā hīno 'si lakṣmaṇa
bharato duḥkham ācaṣṭe svargataṃ pṛthivīpatim

“Sītā, your father-in-law is dead; Lakṣmaṇa, you are bereft of a father. Bharata reports the sorrowful news that the lord of the earth has gone to heaven.”

Words: sīte — O Sītā; mṛtas — dead; te — your; śvaśuraḥ — father-in-law; pitrā — of a father; hīno — bereft; 'si — you are; lakṣmaṇa — O Lakṣmaṇa; bharato — Bharata; duḥkham — the sorrowful (news); ācaṣṭe — reports, tells; svargataṃ — gone to heaven; pṛthivīpatim — the lord of the earth

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.