Stri Parva 26.23
Rahular Itihasa / M. N. Dutt · Stri Parva Chapter 26 · Verse 23
Sanskrit Original
शासनाद् धर्मराजस्य क्षत्ता सूतश्च संजयः। सुधर्मा धौम्यसहित इन्द्रसेनादयस्तथा॥ चन्दनागुरुकाष्ठानि तथा कालीयकान्युत। घृतं तैलं च गन्धांश्च क्षौमाणि वसनानि च॥ समाहृत्य महार्हाणि दारूणां चैव संजयान्। रथांश्च मृदितांस्तत्र नानाप्रहरणानि च॥ चिताः कृत्वा प्रयत्नेन यथामुख्यान् नराधिपान्। दाहयामासुरव्यग्राः शास्त्रदृष्टेन कर्मणा॥
Vaishampayana said Thus commanded by king Yudhishthira the just, Vidura, Sanjaya, Sudharman, Dhaumya and Indrasena and others, procuring sandal and other kinds of wood used on such occasions, as also clarified butter and oil and perfumes and rich silken robes and other kinds of cloth, and large heaps of dry wood, and broken car and various kinds of weapons, caused funeral pyres to be duly made and lighted and then without delay burnt duly, the dead bodies of the kings.