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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.6

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: he then reveals that Daśaratha died while they were both away and asks Rāma to make the offering of water for him

2.95.6

uttiṣṭha puruṣavyāghra kriyatām udakaṃ pituḥ
ahaṃ cāyaṃ ca śatrughnaḥ pūrvam eva kṛtodakau

Rise, O tiger among men; let the water-offering be made for our father. This Śatrughna and I have already performed the water-offering.

Words: uttiṣṭha — rise; puruṣavyāghra — O tiger among men; kriyatām — let it be made; udakaṃ — the water-offering; pituḥ — for the father; ahaṃ — I; cāyaṃ — and this; ca — and; śatrughnaḥ — Śatrughna; pūrvam — already, before; eva — indeed; kṛtodakau — the two who have made the water-offering

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.