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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.24

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: supported by Sumantra, he goes down to the Mandākinī and, facing south, offers water to his father

2.95.24

sumantras tair nṛpasutaiḥ sārdham āśvāsya rāghavam
avātārayad ālambya nadīṃ mandākinīṃ śivām

— Sumantra, together with those princes, having comforted Rāghava, supported him and brought him down to the auspicious river Mandākinī.

Words: sumantras — Sumantra; tair — those; nṛpasutaiḥ — princes; sārdham — together with; āśvāsya — having comforted; rāghavam — Rāghava; avātārayad — brought down; ālambya — supporting, holding; nadīṃ — the river; mandākinīṃ — Mandākinī; śivām — auspicious

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.