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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.25

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: Vasiṣṭha raises and comforts Bharata, while Sumantra does the same for Śatrughna → reminded that death is unavoidable, they recover enough to complete the remaining duties.

2.71.25

aśrūṇi parimṛdnantau raktākṣau dīnabhāṣiṇau
amātyās tvarayanti sma tanayau cāparāḥ kriyāḥ

The two princes, wiping away their tears, red-eyed, speaking piteously — the ministers urged them on, and the remaining rites as well.

Words: aśrūṇi — tears; parimṛdnantau — wiping away (both); raktākṣau — red-eyed; dīnabhāṣiṇau — speaking piteously; amātyās — the ministers; tvarayanti sma — urged, hastened; tanayau — the two sons; cāparāḥ — and the other; kriyāḥ — rites

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.