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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.47

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.

2.95.47

tataḥ sa teṣāṃ rudatāṃ mahātmanāṃ bhuvaṃ ca khaṃ cānuvinādayan svanaḥ
guhā girīṇāṃ ca diśaś ca saṃtataṃ mṛdaṅgaghoṣapratimo viśuśruve

Then the sound of those great-souled men weeping, making earth and sky resound like the beat of a mṛdaṅga drum, was heard continuously through the mountain-caves and the quarters.

Words: tataḥ — then; sa — that; teṣāṃ — of those; rudatāṃ — weeping; mahātmanāṃ — great-souled; bhuvaṃ — the earth; ca — and; khaṃ — the sky; cānuvinādayan — and making resound; svanaḥ — the sound; guhā — the caves; girīṇāṃ — of the mountains; ca — and; diśaś — the quarters; ca — and; saṃtataṃ — continuously; mṛdaṅgaghoṣapratimo — resembling the beat of a mṛdaṅga drum; viśuśruve — was heard

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.