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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.36

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: their cries reach the camp, and people hurry toward them → Rāma receives the grieving followers affectionately.

2.95.36

atha vāsān parityajya taṃ sarve 'bhimukhāḥ svanam
apy eka manaso jagmur yathāsthānaṃ pradhāvitāḥ

Then, abandoning their dwellings, all of one mind, facing that sound, they rushed forth from their several stations and went toward it.

Words: atha — then; vāsān — the dwellings; parityajya — having abandoned; taṃ — that; sarve — all; 'bhimukhāḥ — facing; svanam — the sound; apy — even, indeed; eka manaso — with one mind; jagmur — went; yathāsthānaṃ — from their several places; pradhāvitāḥ — rushing forth

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.