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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.44

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.

2.95.44

tena śabdena vitrastair ākāśaṃ pakṣibhir vṛtam
manuṣyair āvṛtā bhūmir ubhayaṃ prababhau tadā

The sky was filled with birds frightened by that noise, and the earth was covered with men; both then shone resplendent.

Words: tena — by that; śabdena — sound; vitrastair — frightened; ākāśaṃ — the sky; pakṣibhir — with birds; vṛtam — filled, covered; manuṣyair — with men; āvṛtā — covered; bhūmir — the earth; ubhayaṃ — both; prababhau — shone forth; tadā — then

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.