Chapter 14 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 14

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 14.16

रामाभिषेकसम्भारैस्तदर्थमुपकल्पितैः। रामः कारयितव्यो मे मृतस्य सलिलक्रियाम्॥ सपुत्रया त्वया नैव कर्तव्या सलिलक्रिया।

rāmābhiṣekasambhāraistadarthamupakalpitaiḥ| rāmaḥ kārayitavyo me mṛtasya salilakriyām|| saputrayā tvayā naiva kartavyā salilakriyā|

English Meaning

But if, O you of auspicious ways, hinder the installation of Răma, Rāma will perform my funeral obsequies, when I am dead, and not you accompanied by your son shall perform the same.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)