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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.37

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.

2.95.37

hayair anye gajair anye rathair anye svalaṃkṛtaiḥ
sukumārās tathaivānye padbhir eva narā yayuḥ

Some went by horses, some by elephants, some by well-adorned chariots; and yet other delicate men went on foot alone.

Words: hayair — by horses; anye — some; gajair — by elephants; anye — some; rathair — by chariots; anye — some; svalaṃkṛtaiḥ — well-adorned; sukumārās — the delicate ones; tathaivānye — and likewise others; padbhir — by foot; eva — only; narā — men; yayuḥ — went

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.