Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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Cau.: næpatanu beda bidita anhavåvå, parama bicitra bimånu banåvå.
gahi pada bharata måtu saba råkh∂, rah∂° råni darasana abhilå∂.1.
ca≈dana agara bhåra bahu åe, amita aneka suga≈dha suhåe.
saraju t∂ra raci citå banå∂, janu surapura sopåna suhå∂.2.
ehi bidhi dåha kriyå saba k∂nh∂, bidhivata nhåi tilå≈juli d∂nh∂.
sodhi sumæti saba beda purånå, k∂nha bharata dasagåta bidhånå.3.
jaha° jasa munibara åyasu d∂nhå, taha° tasa sahasa bhå° ti sabu k∂nhå.
bhae bisuddha die saba dånå, dhenu båji gaja båhana nånå.4.
He had the kingís body washed in accordance with the Vedic rites and caused a
most splendid funeral bier to be prepared for him. Clasping the feet of his mothers
Bharata prevented them (from ascending the funeral pile); they all stayed behind in the
hope of seeing ›r∂ Råma. There arrived many loads of sandal-wood and aloes and
diverse other excellent aromatic herbs of untold varieties. The pile was raised in an
artistic way on the bank of the Sarayµu river, and looked like a lovely ladder reaching to
heaven. In this way all the rites of cremation were gone through and then the funeral
party bathed with due ceremony and offered a handful of water and sesame seeds to the
departed soul. After ascertaining the views of all the Smæti texts, the Vedas and the
Puråƒas Bharata performed the ceremony of Da‹agåtra.* Whatever orders the great
sage Vasi¢ha gave on a particular point Bharata carried out all of them in a thousand
ways. He bestowed all sorts of gifts on attaining purity.† He gave away cows, horses,
elephants and conveyances of various sortsó (1ó4)
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Do.: si≈ghåsana bhµuana basana anna dharani dhana dhåma,
die bharata lahi bhµumisura bhe paripµurana kåma.170.
óAnd even so thrones, ornaments and costumes, foodgrains, lands, money and
houses; and the Bråhmaƒas had all their desires fulfilled on receiving them. (170)
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* The ceremony consists in offering to the departed soul a ball of boiled rice on each of the ten days
following the cremation of the deceased.
† The Hindus believe that the agnates and certain other relations of a deceased remain impure for a
number of days and get purified only after the prescribed period is over.