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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.70.13

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

2.70.13

ye tv agrato narendrasya agny agārād bahiṣkṛtāḥ
ṛtvigbhir yājakaiś caiva te hriyante yathāvidhi

And the sacred fires, brought out from the fire-house in front of the king, were carried by the ritual priests and the officiants according to rule.

Words: ye — which (fires); tv — and; agrato — in front; narendrasya — of the king; agny agārād — from the fire-house; bahiṣkṛtāḥ — brought outside; ṛtvigbhir — by the ritual priests; yājakaiś — by the officiants; caiva — and; te — they, those; hriyante — are carried; yathāvidhi — according to rule

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.