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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.39

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.

2.95.39

bhrātṝṇāṃ tvaritās te tu draṣṭukāmāḥ samāgamam
yayur bahuvidhair yānaiḥ khuranemisamākulaiḥ

Eager to see the meeting of the brothers, they went in haste, in vehicles of many kinds, thronged with hooves and wheel-rims.

Words: bhrātṝṇāṃ — of the brothers; tvaritās — hastened; te — they; tu — and, but; draṣṭukāmāḥ — desiring to see; samāgamam — the meeting; yayur — went; bahuvidhair — of many kinds; yānaiḥ — vehicles; khuranemisamākulaiḥ — thronged with hooves and wheel-rims

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.