Chapter 68 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 68

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 68.31

शास्त्रदृष्टेन विधिना जनं गृध्राय राघवौ। स्नात्वा तौ गृध्रराजाय उदकं चक्रतुस्तदा ॥

śāstradṛṣṭena vidhinā janaṃ gṛdhrāya rāghavau| snātvā tau gṛdhrarājāya udakaṃ cakratustadā ||

English Meaning

And offering yater to him according to the prescribed rites of the Śástras, those two descendants of Raghu, after bathing, perforined the Udaka ceremony for that king of vultures. Presentation of water specially to the manes as a religious or obsequal rite.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)