One has really no companion in these deeds. The father the mother, the brother, the son the preceptor kinsmen, relatives and friends, leaving the dead body as if it were a piece of wood or a clod of earth, after having mourned for only a moment, all turn away from it and mind their own affairs.
धर्म:सहायश्च एकस्तरति दुर्गाणि गच्छत्येकस्तु दुर्गतिम्। असहाय: पिता माता तथा भ्राता सुतो गुरुः॥ ज्ञातिसम्बन्धिवर्गश्च मित्रवर्गस्तथैव च। मृतं शरीरमुत्सृज्य काष्ठलोष्टसमं जनाः॥ मुहूर्तमिव रोदित्वा ततो यान्ति पराङ्मुखः।