Chapter 77 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 77

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 77.1

ततो दशाहेऽतिगते कृतशौचो नृपात्मजः। द्वादशेऽहनि सम्प्राप्ते श्राद्धकर्माण्यकारयत्॥

tato daśāhe'tigate kṛtaśauco nṛpātmajaḥ| dvādaśe'hani samprāpte śrāddhakarmāṇyakārayat||

English Meaning

When the ten days had gone by, the king's son, his uncleanness (consequent on the demise of his father) removed, performed the sraddha on the twelfth day.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)