Chapter 128 — Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 128

Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda

Verse 128.82

निर्दस्युरभवल्लोको नानर्थं कश्चिदस्पृशत्। न च स्म वृद्धा बालानां प्रेतकार्याणि कुर्वते॥

nirdasyurabhavalloko nānarthaṃ kaścidaspṛśat| na ca sma vṛddhā bālānāṃ pretakāryāṇi kurvate||

English Meaning

The people were saved from the thieves and there was no other trouble. And the old were not constrained to perform the funeral ceremonies of the children.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)