By means of litters and other conveyances, each mounted according to her rank, the wives of the king went out from the city, surrounded by aged men. And Rtvijas went round the corpse on the king who performed many sacrifices leaving it on the left side.
शिबिकाभिश्च यानैश्च यथार्ह तस्य योषितः। नगरान्निर्ययुस्तत्र वृद्धैः परिवृतास्तथा॥ प्रसव्यं चापि तं चक्रुर्ऋत्विजोऽग्निचितं नृपम्। स्त्रियश्च शोकसंतप्ता: कौसल्याप्रमुखास्तदा॥