Chapter 76 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 76

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 76.17

शिबिकाभिश्च यानैश्च यथार्ह तस्य योषितः। नगरान्निर्ययुस्तत्र वृद्धैः परिवृतास्तथा॥ प्रसव्यं चापि तं चक्रुर्ऋत्विजोऽग्निचितं नृपम्। स्त्रियश्च शोकसंतप्ता: कौसल्याप्रमुखास्तदा॥

śibikābhiśca yānaiśca yathārha tasya yoṣitaḥ| nagarānniryayustatra vṛddhaiḥ parivṛtāstathā|| prasavyaṃ cāpi taṃ cakrurṛtvijo'gnicitaṃ nṛpam| striyaśca śokasaṃtaptā: kausalyāpramukhāstadā||

English Meaning

By means of litters and other conveyances, each mounted according to her rank, the wives of the king went out from the city, surrounded by aged men. And Rtvijas went round the corpse on the king who performed many sacrifices leaving it on the left side.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)