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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.42

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.

2.95.42

varāhamṛgasiṃhāś ca mahiṣāḥ sarkṣavānarāḥ
vyāghra gokarṇagavayā vitreṣuḥ pṛṣataiḥ saha

Boars, deer and lions, buffaloes, along with bears and monkeys, tigers, gokarṇa antelopes and gavayas, took fright together with the spotted deer.

Words: varāhamṛgasiṃhāś — boars, deer and lions; ca — and; mahiṣāḥ — buffaloes; sarkṣavānarāḥ — along with bears and monkeys; vyāghra gokarṇagavayā — tigers, gokarṇas and gavayas; vitreṣuḥ — took fright; pṛṣataiḥ — with spotted deer; saha — together

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.