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Verse 153.20

Sarga 76

प्रसव्यं चापि तं चकुः ऋत्विजोऽग्निचितं नृपम्। स्त्रियश्च शोकसन्तप्ताः कौसल्याप्रमुखास्तदा।।2.76.20।।

prasavyaṃ cāpi taṃ cakuḥ ṛtvijo'gnicitaṃ nṛpam. striyaśca śokasantaptāḥ kausalyāpramukhāstadā..2.76.20..

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English Translation

"Then the priests and other women led by Kausalya who was consumed with grief circumambulated the pyre in the reverse direction as the king's body was engulfed by flames."

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Word Meanings

तदा then, ऋत्विजः priests, शाकेसन्तप्ताः consumed with grief, कौशल्याप्रमुखाः led by Kausalya, स्त्रियश्च women also, अग्निचितम् engulfed by flames, तं नृपम् that king, प्रसव्यं चापि चक्रुः circumambulated in the reverse direction.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 76

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153.20