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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.96.6
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: she sees the simple food offering for Daśaratha on grass whose tips face south
2.96.6
dakṣiṇāgreṣu darbheṣu sā dadarśa mahītale
pitur iṅgudipiṇyākaṃ nyastam āyatalocanā
The large-eyed queen saw upon the ground, on darbha grasses with their tips turned southward, the iṅgudī-cake laid out for [Rāma's] father.
Words: dakṣiṇāgreṣu — with tips to the south; darbheṣu — on darbha grasses; sā — she; dadarśa — saw; mahītale — on the ground; pitur — for the father; iṅgudipiṇyākaṃ — the iṅgudī-cake; nyastam — laid out, placed; āyatalocanā — the large-eyed one
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.