Saying this the virtuous-souled Rāma, afflicted with sorrow, burned the body of the king of birds, placing it on the funeral pile, like to his own kinsman.
एवमुक्त्वा चितां दीप्तामारोप्य पतगेश्वरम्। ददाह रामो धर्मात्मा स्वबन्धुमिव दुःखितः॥