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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.40

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.

2.95.40

sā bhūmir bahubhir yānaiḥ khuranemisamāhatā
mumoca tumulaṃ śabdaṃ dyaur ivābhrasamāgame

That ground, struck by many vehicles with their hooves and wheel-rims, gave forth a tumultuous sound, like the sky at the gathering of clouds.

Words: sā — that; bhūmir — ground; bahubhir — by many; yānaiḥ — vehicles; khuranemisamāhatā — struck by hooves and wheel-rims; mumoca — released, gave forth; tumulaṃ — tumultuous; śabdaṃ — sound; dyaur — the sky; ivābhrasamāgame — as at the gathering of clouds

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.