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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.70.18

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: the ṛtvijs place Daśaratha upon it with offerings and Sāman chants, while the Queens follow in palanquins

2.70.18

tathā hutāśanaṃ hutvā jepus tasya tadartvijaḥ
jaguś ca te yathāśāstraṃ tatra sāmāni sāmagāḥ

Then, having offered oblation into the fire, his ritual priests murmured their prayers for him, and the Sāman-singers chanted the Sāman-verses there according to scripture.

Words: tathā — then, so; hutāśanaṃ — the fire (oblation-eater); hutvā — having offered oblation; jepus — murmured (prayers); tasya — his, for him; tadartvijaḥ — then the ritual priests; jaguś — chanted; ca — and; te — they; yathāśāstraṃ — according to scripture; tatra — there; sāmāni — the Sāman-verses; sāmagāḥ — the Sāman-singers

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.