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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.20

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

2.95.20

sāntvayitvā tu tāṃ rāmo rudantīṃ janakātmajām
uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ tatra duḥkhito duḥkhitaṃ vacaḥ

Then, having consoled the weeping daughter of Janaka, Rāma, himself grieving, there spoke these words to the grieving Lakṣmaṇa:

Words: sāntvayitvā — having consoled; tu — but; tāṃ — her; rāmo — Rāma; rudantīṃ — weeping; janakātmajām — the daughter of Janaka; uvāca — said; lakṣmaṇaṃ — to Lakṣmaṇa; tatra — there; duḥkhito — grieving; duḥkhitaṃ — to the grieving; vacaḥ — word

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.