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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.38

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.

2.95.38

aciraproṣitaṃ rāmaṃ ciraviproṣitaṃ yathā
draṣṭukāmo janaḥ sarvo jagāma sahasāśramam

Longing to see Rāma, gone away but a short while, as though he had been absent long, all the people went at once to the hermitage.

Words: aciraproṣitaṃ — gone away a short while; rāmaṃ — Rāma; ciraviproṣitaṃ — gone away a long time; yathā — as though; draṣṭukāmo — desiring to see; janaḥ — the people; sarvo — all; jagāma — went; sahasāśramam — at once to the hermitage

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.