Chapter 68 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 68

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 68.27

एवमुक्त्वा चितां दीप्तामारोप्य पतगेश्वरम्। ददाह रामो धर्मात्मा स्वबन्धुमिव दुःखितः॥

evamuktvā citāṃ dīptāmāropya patageśvaram| dadāha rāmo dharmātmā svabandhumiva duḥkhitaḥ||

English Meaning

Saying this the virtuous-souled Rāma, afflicted with sorrow, burned the body of the king of birds, placing it on the funeral pile, like to his own kinsman.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)