तस्याश्वमेधिकं छत्रं दीप्यमानाश् च पावकाः ॥
पुरस्तात् तस्य यानस्य याजकाश् च ततो ययुः ॥
अनुजग्मुश् च तं वीरं देव्यस् ता वै स्वलंकृताः ॥
स्त्रीसहस्रैः परिवृता वधूभिश् च सहस्रशः ॥
यस् तु देशः प्रियस् तस्य जीवतो ऽभून् महात्मनः ॥
तत्रैनम् उपसंकल्प्य पितृमेधं प्रचक्रिरे ॥
तं चिताग्निगतं वीरं शूरपुत्रं वराङ्गनाः ॥
ततो ऽन्वारुरुहुः पत्न्यश् चतस्रः पतिलोकगाः ॥
तं वै चतसृभिः स्त्रीभिर् अन्वितं पाण्डुनन्दनः ॥
अदाहयच् चन्दनैश् च गन्धैर् उच्चावचैर् अपि ॥
tasyāśvamedhikaṃ chatraṃ dīpyamānāś ca pāvakāḥ ||
purastāt tasya yānasya yājakāś ca tato yayuḥ ||
anujagmuś ca taṃ vīraṃ devyas tā vai svalaṃkṛtāḥ ||
strīsahasraiḥ parivṛtā vadhūbhiś ca sahasraśaḥ ||
yas tu deśaḥ priyas tasya jīvato 'bhūn mahātmanaḥ ||
tatrainam upasaṃkalpya pitṛmedhaṃ pracakrire ||
taṃ citāgnigataṃ vīraṃ śūraputraṃ varāṅganāḥ ||
tato 'nvāruruhuḥ patnyaś catasraḥ patilokagāḥ ||
taṃ vai catasṛbhiḥ strībhir anvitaṃ pāṇḍunandanaḥ ||
adāhayac candanaiś ca gandhair uccāvacair api ||
Before him as he lay there were carried his ashvamedha parasol and blazing torches, and the priests walked ahead. The Brahmanas, gratified by the rtvik priests, reverently bearing the agnihotra fires, surrounded him on all sides.
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Vasudeva, who had once performed the ashvamedha sacrifice, is escorted on his final journey with full royal honours. The agnihotra fires — the sacred domestic flames tended throughout a lifetime — accompany the bier: the fire that sustained his household now serves as his companion into the beyond.