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)