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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.3

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: Bharata says he does not want the Kingdom and asks Rāma to return as the rightful elder

2.95.3

sa samṛddhāṃ mayā sārdham ayodhyāṃ gaccha rāghava
abhiṣecaya cātmānaṃ kulasyāsya bhavāya naḥ

Come with me, O Rāghava, to prosperous Ayodhyā, and consecrate yourself for the welfare of this our house.

Words: sa — you (that one); samṛddhāṃ — prosperous; mayā — with me; sārdham — together; ayodhyāṃ — to Ayodhyā; gaccha — go; rāghava — O Rāghava; abhiṣecaya — consecrate; cātmānaṃ — and yourself; kulasyāsya — of this house; bhavāya — for the welfare; naḥ — of us, our

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.