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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.33

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

2.95.33

tataḥ parṇakuṭīdvāram āsādya jagatīpatiḥ
parijagrāha pāṇibhyām ubhau bharatalakṣmaṇau

Then, reaching the door of his leaf-hut, the lord of the earth clasped with both hands both Bharata and Lakṣmaṇa.

Words: tataḥ — then; parṇakuṭīdvāram — the door of the leaf-hut; āsādya — having reached; jagatīpatiḥ — the lord of the earth; parijagrāha — clasped, embraced; pāṇibhyām — with both hands; ubhau — both; bharatalakṣmaṇau — Bharata and Lakṣmaṇa

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.