Chapter 77 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 77

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 77.20

त्रयोदशोऽयं दिवसः पितुर्वृत्तस्य ते विभो। सावशेषास्थिनिचये किमिह त्वं विलम्बसे ॥

trayodaśo'yaṃ divasaḥ piturvṛttasya te vibho| sāvaśeṣāsthinicaye kimiha tvaṃ vilambase ||

English Meaning

O Lord this is the thirteenth day since the cremation of your sire. Why did you delay, when you have to collect the bones?

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)