Valmiki Ramayana 2.77.4 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 77, Shloka 4
और्ध्वदैहिकक्रिया-शोकविलापः
Obsequies for Daśaratha and the Brothers’ Lament
ततः प्रभातसमये दिवसेऽथ त्रयोदशे।।।।विललाप महाबाहुर्भरत श्शोकमूर्छितः।शब्दापिहितकण्ठस्तु शोधनार्थमुपागतः।।।।चितामूले पितुर्वाक्यमिदमाह सुदुःखितः।
tataḥ prabhātasamaye divase ’tha trayodaśe | vilalāpa mahābāhur bharataḥ śokamūrchitaḥ | śabdāpihitakaṇṭhas tu śodhanārtham upāgataḥ | citāmūle pitur vākyam idam āha suduḥkhitaḥ ||
Rồi vào lúc rạng đông, ngày thứ mười ba, Bharata tay lực lưỡng, ngất lịm vì sầu, đến làm lễ tịnh hóa; cổ họng nghẹn tiếng nức nở, chàng đứng nơi chân giàn hỏa của cha mà thốt lời đau đớn này.
Thereafter at the hour of dawn on the thirteenth day mighty-armed Bharata visited the cemetery to perform the purificatory ceremony. Approaching the place of the funeral pyre of his father, he lamented in the intensity of grief:
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Dharma appears as fidelity to ritual purity and ancestral rites: even in grief, Bharata arrives to perform what tradition prescribes.
On the thirteenth day after Daśaratha’s cremation, Bharata comes to the pyre-site for purification and begins his lament.
Reverence and responsibility: Bharata’s devotion to his father’s rites despite being emotionally overwhelmed.
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