Chapter 57 — Uttara Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Uttara Kanda

Verse 57.11

तं च देहं नरेन्द्रस्य रक्षन्ति स्म द्विजोत्तमाः। गन्धैर्माल्यैश्च वस्त्रैश्च पौरभृत्यसमन्विताः॥

taṃ ca dehaṃ narendrasya rakṣanti sma dvijottamāḥ| gandhairmālyaiśca vastraiśca paurabhṛtyasamanvitāḥ||

English Meaning

And those leading twice-born ones, with assembled citizens and servants, began to protect that body with unguents, garlands and clothes.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)