The body of the hero was followed by his wives decked in ornaments and surrounded by thousands of women and thousands of their daughter-in-law.
अनुजग्मुश्च तं वीरं देव्यस्ता वै स्वलंकृताः। स्त्रीसहस्रः परिवृता वधूभिश्च सहस्रशः॥