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)