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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.7
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
2.95.7
priyeṇa kila dattaṃ hi pitṛlokeṣu rāghava
akṣayyaṃ bhavatīty āhur bhavāṃś caiva pituḥ priyaḥ
For what is given by a loved one, O Rāghava, they say becomes imperishable in the worlds of the fathers; and you indeed were dear to our father.
Words: priyeṇa — by a loved one; kila — they say, indeed; dattaṃ — given; hi — for; pitṛlokeṣu — in the worlds of the fathers; rāghava — O Rāghava; akṣayyaṃ — imperishable; bhavatīty — becomes, thus; āhur — they say; bhavāṃś — you (honorific); caiva — and indeed; pituḥ — to the father; priyaḥ — dear
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.