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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.29

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 lays out a nivāpa (food offering for the deceased) of iṅgudī paste mixed with jujube on darbha grass, explaining that he offers the food on which he himself now lives → the brothers return to the hut and embrace

2.95.29

tato mandākinī tīrāt pratyuttīrya sa rāghavaḥ
pituś cakāra tejasvī nivāpaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha

Then, coming up from the bank of the Mandākinī, the illustrious Rāghava, together with his brothers, made the funeral offering for his father.

Words: tato — then; mandākinī tīrāt — from the bank of Mandākinī; pratyuttīrya — having come up; sa — he; rāghavaḥ — Rāghava; pituś — for the father; cakāra — made; tejasvī — the illustrious; nivāpaṃ — the funeral offering; bhrātṛbhiḥ — with the brothers; saha — together

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.