Chapter 51 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 51

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 51.17

सिद्धार्थाः पितरं वृत्तं तस्मिन् काले झुपस्थिते। प्रेतकार्येषु सर्वेषु संस्करिष्यन्ति राघवम्॥

siddhārthāḥ pitaraṃ vṛttaṃ tasmin kāle jhupasthite| pretakāryeṣu sarveṣu saṃskariṣyanti rāghavam||

English Meaning

Surely they are blessed that when the time shall come when the king will die, will perform the funeral rites of that descendant of Raghu.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)