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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.95.8

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: Rāma faints at the news

2.95.8

tāṃ śrutvā karuṇāṃ vācaṃ pitur maraṇasaṃhitām
rāghavo bharatenoktāṃ babhūva gatacetanaḥ

Having heard that piteous speech, concerning his father's death, spoken by Bharata, Rāghava lost consciousness.

Words: tāṃ — that; śrutvā — having heard; karuṇāṃ — piteous; vācaṃ — speech; pitur — of the father; maraṇasaṃhitām — connected with the death; rāghavo — Rāghava; bharatenoktāṃ — spoken by Bharata; babhūva — became; gatacetanaḥ — senseless, having lost consciousness

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.