पाण्डुरेणातपत्रेण चामरव्यजनेन च ॥
सर्ववादित्रनादैश् च समलंचक्रिरे ततः ॥
रत्नानि चाप्य् उपादाय बहूनि शतशो नराः ॥
प्रददुः काङ्क्षमाणेभ्यः पाण्डोस् तत्रौर्ध्वदेहिकम् ॥
अथ छत्राणि शुभ्राणि पाण्डुराणि बृहन्ति च ॥
आजह्रुः कौरवस्यार्थे वासांसि रुचिराणि च ॥
याजकैः शुक्लवासोभिर् हूयमाना हुताशनाः ॥
अगच्छन्न् अग्रतस् तस्य दीप्यमानाः स्वलंकृताः ॥
pāṇḍureṇātapatreṇa cāmaravyajanena ca ||
sarvavāditranādaiś ca samalaṃcakrire tataḥ ||
ratnāni cāpy upādāya bahūni śataśo narāḥ ||
pradaduḥ kāṅkṣamāṇebhyaḥ pāṇḍos tatraurdhvadehikam ||
atha chatrāṇi śubhrāṇi pāṇḍurāṇi bṛhanti ca ||
ājahruḥ kauravasyārthe vāsāṃsi rucirāṇi ca ||
yājakaiḥ śuklavāsobhir hūyamānā hutāśanāḥ ||
agacchann agratas tasya dīpyamānāḥ svalaṃkṛtāḥ ||
"With a white parasol, a yak-tail fan, and the sounds of all musical instruments, the procession was adorned. And men, having taken many jewels, distributed them by the hundreds to those who desired them — these were the posthumous gifts of Pandu. Then, for the sake of the Kaurava, they brought white, radiant, great parasols and beautiful garments; and the sacrificial fires, borne by priests in white garments, into which oblations were poured, went before him, blazing, well arrayed."
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Here royal honors and the generous giving of gifts at the funeral appear. Telling are the "posthumous gifts" (aurdhvadehika): riches are distributed in the name of the departed, for charity given for the sake of the dead turns to his benefit in the other world. Here is a Vedic truth: beyond the threshold of death the soul carries away not what was hoarded but what was given away; and so at the funeral of the righteous a generous dana is performed for his good. Telling too are the white parasols and the priests' garments: white is at once the color of purity and of mourning. Thus scripture shows that seeing off a king is not only an honor to the body but active good for his soul through sacrifice and giving.