अध्याय २९७ — श्रेयः, धृति, दान-नियमाः
Welfare, Steadfastness, and Norms of Giving
गृहेषु येषामसव: पतन्ति तेषामथो निर्हरणं प्रशस्तम् । यानेन वै प्रापणं च श्मशाने शौचेन नूनं विधिना चैव दाह:
gṛheṣu yeṣām asavaḥ patanti teṣām atho nirharaṇaṁ praśastam | yānena vai prāpaṇaṁ ca śmaśāne śaucena nūnaṁ vidhinā caiva dāhaḥ ||
パラーシャラは教える。「家の中で人の生命の息が去ろうとしているなら、ためらわずにその者を住まいの外へ移すのがよい。死後は、遺体を輿(びょう/bier)に載せて火葬場へ運び、儀礼の清浄を保ちながら、聖典に定められた作法に従って荼毘に付すべきである。」
पराशर उवाच
The verse instructs that dharma requires prompt removal of a dying/deceased person from the house and performance of cremation at the cremation ground with ritual purity and scripturally prescribed procedure.
Parāśara is giving normative guidance on proper conduct surrounding death—how the body should be taken out, conveyed to the śmaśāna, and cremated according to śāstric rules.