Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 71: Daśaratha’s remaining rites · 2.71.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 71: Daśaratha’s remaining rites. Bharata performs śrāddha and distributes gifts, the brothers grieve over the ashes and bones, Vasiṣṭha & Sumantra help them complete their duties

In the sequence: After the mourning period, Bharata performs the twelfth-day śrāddha (ancestral rite) and gives food, wealth, cattle, and other gifts in his father's memory

2.71.1

tato daśāhe 'tigate kṛtaśauco nṛpātmajaḥ
dvādaśe 'hani saṃprāpte śrāddhakarmāṇy akārayat

Then, when the ten days had passed, the king's son, having performed the purification, when the twelfth day arrived, had the śrāddha rites performed.

Words: tato — then; daśāhe 'tigate — when the ten days had passed; kṛtaśauco — having performed the purification; nṛpātmajaḥ — the king's son; dvādaśe 'hani — on the twelfth day; saṃprāpte — having arrived; śrāddhakarmāṇy — the śrāddha rites; akārayat — had (them) performed

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.