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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.71.3

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

2.71.3

dāsīdāsaṃ ca yānaṃ ca veśmāni sumahānti ca
brāhmaṇebhyo dadau putro rājñas tasyaurdhvadaihikam

Female and male slaves, carriages, and very great houses — these the son gave to the brahmins as the funerary offering for the king.

Words: dāsīdāsaṃ ca — female and male slaves; yānaṃ ca — and carriages; veśmāni — houses; sumahānti ca — and very great; brāhmaṇebhyo — to the brahmins; dadau — gave; putro — the son; rājñas — of the king; tasyaurdhvadaihikam — as his funerary offering

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.