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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.21

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

2.95.21

ānayeṅgudipiṇyākaṃ cīram āhara cottaram
jalakriyārthaṃ tātasya gamiṣyāmi mahātmanaḥ

“Bring the ingudi-paste and fetch an upper bark-garment; I shall go to perform the water-rite for our great-souled father.”

Words: ānayeṅgudipiṇyākaṃ — bring the ingudi-paste; cīram — bark-garment; āhara — fetch; cottaram — and the upper; jalakriyārthaṃ — for the purpose of the water-rite; tātasya — of the father; gamiṣyāmi — I shall go; mahātmanaḥ — of the great-souled

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.