O king, his sins go on increasing, for whom the living mourn. Fro this reason, the wise, renouncing grief. exert themselves for the benefit of the dead (i.e., their souls).
शोचतो हि महाराज अघमेवाभिवर्धते। तस्माच्छोकं परित्यज्य श्रेयसे प्रयतेद् बुधः॥