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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.28

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

2.95.28

etat te rājaśārdūla vimalaṃ toyam akṣayam
pitṛlokagatasyādya maddattam upatiṣṭhatu

“O tiger among kings, may this pure, imperishable water, given by me, reach you today, now gone to the world of the fathers.”

Words: etat — this; te — to you; rājaśārdūla — O tiger among kings; vimalaṃ — pure; toyam — water; akṣayam — imperishable; pitṛlokagatasyādya — of you now gone to the world of the fathers; maddattam — given by me; upatiṣṭhatu — let it reach, attend

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.