Vibhīşaņa according to due rites put fire to his (funeral pyre). Bathing and with wetted cloth, offering duly linseed and sacrificial grass mixed with water and consoling (Ravana's) wives again and again, he entreated them to go back.
स ददौ पावकं तस्य विधियुक्तं विभीषणः। स्नात्वा चैवाईवस्त्रेण तिलान्दर्भविमिश्रितान्॥ उदकेन च संमिक्षान्प्रदाय विधिपूर्वकम्। ताः स्त्रियोऽनुनयामास सान्त्वयित्वा पुनः पुनः॥