Shloka 113
रावणंप्रयतेदेशेस्थाप्यतेभृशदुःखिताः ।।6.114.112।।चितांचन्दनकाष्ठैश्चपद्मकोशीसंवृताम् ।ब्राह्म्यासम्वर्तयामासूराङ्कवास्तरणावृताम् ।।6.114.113।।वर्ततेवेदविहितोराज्ञोवैपश्चिमःक्रतुः ।
rāvaṇaṃ prayate deśe sthāpya te bhṛśaduḥkhitāḥ | citāṃ candanakāṣṭhaiś ca padmakauśīsaṃvṛtām || brāhmyā saṃvartayāmāsūr āṅkavāstaraṇāvṛtām | vartate vedavihito rājño vai paścimaḥ kratuḥ ||
ಪ್ರಯತ ದೇಶದಲ್ಲಿ ರಾವಣನನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿ, ಅತಿದುಗುಡದಿಂದ ವ್ಯಾಕುಲರಾದವರು ಚಂದನ ಹಾಗೂ ಪದ್ಮಕದ ಕಟ್ಟಿಗೆಗಳಿಂದ ಚಿತೆಯನ್ನು ಸಿದ್ಧಪಡಿಸಿದರು; ಕುಶಪರಿಸ್ತರಣ ಮತ್ತು ವಸ್ತ್ರದಿಂದ ಮುಚ್ಚಿ, ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮವಿಧಿಯಂತೆ ರಾಜನಿಗೆ ವೇದವಿಹಿತ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಕ್ರತುವನ್ನು ನೆರವೇರಿಸಿದರು.
As they advanced forth with Ravana's body, they placed it in a consecrated place. All were highly afflicted with grief. Logs of sandal wood, blocks of Padmaka wood and finally fragrant root of Usira plant, and Brahmya grass were placed on the body. It was covered with the skin of antelope. The last rites of the king were carried out with vedic rites.
FAQs
Right action is not suspended by sorrow; dharma is fulfilled through disciplined completion of obligatory rites.
The same last-rites description appears again in the transmission: the pyre is prepared and the Vedic final rite is performed.
Steadfastness in tradition (ācāra-niṣṭhā) and respect for the dead.