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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.96.8

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

2.96.8

idam ikṣvākunāthasya rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ
rāghaveṇa pitur dattaṃ paśyataitad yathāvidhi

Behold this offering, made according to the rite by Rāghava for his father, the great-souled scion of Raghu, lord of the Ikṣvākus!

Words: idam — this; ikṣvākunāthasya — of the lord of the Ikṣvākus; rāghavasya — of the scion of Raghu (Daśaratha); mahātmanaḥ — of the great-souled; rāghaveṇa — by Rāghava (Rāma); pitur — for the father; dattaṃ — given; paśyataitad — behold this; yathāvidhi — according to the rite

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.