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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.96.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 96: The mothers reach Rāma’s hut. Kausalyā grieves over Daśaratha’s humble offering, the mothers greet Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa & Sītā and the assembly gathers

In the sequence: Kausalyā weeps that a King who enjoyed such abundance is now being offered forest fare by a son who once possessed so much

2.96.11

ato duḥkhataraṃ loke na kiṃ cit pratibhāti mā
yatra rāmaḥ pitur dadyād iṅgudīkṣodam ṛddhimān

Nothing in the world appears to me more grievous than this—that prosperous Rāma should offer his father a mash of iṅgudī.

Words: ato — than this; duḥkhataraṃ — more grievous; loke — in the world; na kiṃ cit — nothing; pratibhāti — appears; mā — to me; yatra — in that, where; rāmaḥ — Rāma; pitur — to the father; dadyād — should give; iṅgudīkṣodam — a mash of iṅgudī; ṛddhimān — prosperous, wealthy

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.