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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.96.7

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

2.96.7

taṃ bhūmau pitur ārtena nyastaṃ rāmeṇa vīkṣya sā
uvāca devī kausalyā sarvā daśarathastriyaḥ

Beholding that offering, laid on the ground for his father by grieving Rāma, Queen Kausalyā spoke to all the wives of Daśaratha:

Words: taṃ — that; bhūmau — on the ground; pitur — for the father; ārtena — by the grieving one; nyastaṃ — laid out; rāmeṇa — by Rāma; vīkṣya — beholding; sā — she; uvāca — said; devī — the queen; kausalyā — Kausalyā; sarvā — all; daśarathastriyaḥ — the wives of Daśaratha

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.