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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.60.12

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 60: Daśaratha’s body preserved in oil. Kausalyā blames Kaikeyī, the ministers place the body in an oil trough and await a son before cremation

In the sequence: the ministers preserve Daśaratha's body in a trough of oil and guard it, postponing cremation until his son is present

2.60.12

tailadroṇyām athāmātyāḥ saṃveśya jagatīpatim
rājñaḥ sarvāṇy athādiṣṭāś cakruḥ karmāṇy anantaram

Then the ministers, laying the lord of the earth in a trough of oil, and duly directed, thereafter performed all the king's rites in order.

Words: tailadroṇyām — in a trough of oil; athāmātyāḥ — then the ministers; saṃveśya — having laid, placed; jagatīpatim — the lord of the earth; rājñaḥ — of the king; sarvāṇy — all; athādiṣṭāś — then, being directed; cakruḥ — performed; karmāṇy — the rites; anantaram — thereafter, one after another

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.