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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.70.11

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

2.70.11

pretakāryāṇi yāny asya kartavyāni viśāmpateḥ
tāny avyagraṃ mahābāho kriyatām avicāritam

“The funeral rites that must be done for this lord of the people—let them be carried out, O mighty-armed one, calmly and without hesitation.

Words: pretakāryāṇi — the funeral rites; yāny — which; asya — of this one, his; kartavyāni — to be done; viśāmpateḥ — of the lord of the people; tāny — them; avyagraṃ — calmly, without agitation; mahābāho — O mighty-armed; kriyatām — let it be done; avicāritam — without deliberation, unhesitatingly

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.