Chapter 103 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 103

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 103.21

प्रगृह्य तु महीपालो जलापूरितमञ्जलिम्। दिशं याम्यामभिमुखो रुदन् वचनमब्रवीत्॥ एतत्ते राजशार्दूल विमलं तोयमक्षयम्। पितृलोकगतस्याद्य मद्दत्तमुपतिष्ठतु॥

pragṛhya tu mahīpālo jalāpūritamañjalim| diśaṃ yāmyāmabhimukho rudan vacanamabravīt|| etatte rājaśārdūla vimalaṃ toyamakṣayam| pitṛlokagatasyādya maddattamupatiṣṭhatu||

English Meaning

The protector of the earth (Rama), holding water with his joined hands, facing the south, said weeping, “O foremost of monarchs, may this clear water knowing no deterioration, reach you, who have gone to the world of the ancestral manes.!"

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)