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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.46

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.

2.95.46

sa tatra kāṃś cit pariṣasvaje narān narāś ca ke cit tu tam abhyavādayan
cakāra sarvān savayasyabāndhavān yathārham āsādya tadā nṛpātmajaḥ

There he embraced some of the men, and some of the men saluted him; and the prince, approaching each as befitted, then treated them all as his friends and kinsmen.

Words: sa — he; tatra — there; kāṃś cit — some; pariṣasvaje — embraced; narān — the men; narāś — men; ca — and; ke cit — some; tu — but; tam — him; abhyavādayan — saluted; cakāra — made, treated; sarvān — all; savayasyabāndhavān — as friends and kinsmen; yathārham — as befitting; āsādya — having approached; tadā — then; nṛpātmajaḥ — the prince

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.