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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.70.4

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 body is lifted from the oil and placed on an ornamented couch

2.70.4

uddhṛtaṃ tailasaṃkledāt sa tu bhūmau niveśitam
āpītavarṇavadanaṃ prasuptam iva bhūmipam

The king—raised from the oil in which he had been steeped and laid upon the ground, his face pale of hue, as though fast asleep—

Words: uddhṛtaṃ — raised, lifted; tailasaṃkledāt — from the soaking in oil; sa — he (the king); tu — and; bhūmau — on the ground; niveśitam — laid, set down; āpītavarṇavadanaṃ — his face of pale, yellowish hue; prasuptam — fast asleep; iva — as if; bhūmipam — the king

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.