एवं विलपतीनां वै परिगृह्य मृतं पतिम् । अनिच्छतीनां निर्हारमर्कोऽस्तं सन्न्यवर्तत ॥ ३५ ॥
evam vilapatinam vai parigrhya mrtam patim anicchatinam nirharam arko ’stam sannyavartata
- evam
- thus
- vilapatinam
- of the lamenting queens
- vai
- indeed
- parigrhya
- taking on their laps
- mrtam
- the dead
- patim
- husband
- anicchatinam
- not desiring
- nirharam
- the carrying out of the body for the funeral ceremony
- arkah
- the sun
- astam
- the setting position
- sannyavartata
- passed away.
The time was appropriate for the body to be burned, but the queens, not allowing it to be taken away, continued lamenting for the dead body, which they kept on their laps. In the meantime, the sun completed its movements for setting in the west.