The Pitri-medha rites in honor of some of the great persons who were dead were performed there, while some sang Samans, and some cried for the dead.
पितृमेधाश्च केषांचित् प्रावर्तन्त महात्मनाम्। सामभिश्चाप्यगायन्त तेऽन्वशोचन्त चापरैः॥