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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.70.10

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 70: Daśaratha’s cremation. The body is lifted from oil and carried to a fragrant-wood pyre, the family offers water in the Sarayū and begins ten days of mourning

In the sequence: Vasiṣṭha brings him back to the necessary rites, and the sacred fires are carried ahead of the procession

2.70.10

evaṃ vilapamānaṃ taṃ bharataṃ dīnamānasaṃ
abravīd vacanaṃ bhūyo vasiṣṭhas tu mahān ṛṣiḥ

To that Bharata thus lamenting, downcast in mind, the great sage Vasiṣṭha spoke once again these words:

Words: evaṃ — thus; vilapamānaṃ — lamenting; taṃ — him; bharataṃ — Bharata; dīnamānasaṃ — downcast in mind; abravīd — spoke; vacanaṃ — words; bhūyo — again; vasiṣṭhas — Vasiṣṭha; tu — and; mahān — the great; ṛṣiḥ — sage

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.