श्रीशुक उवाच स्वानां विभीषणश्चक्रे कोसलेन्द्रानुमोदित: । पितृमेधविधानेन यदुक्तं साम्परायिकम् ॥ २९ ॥
sri-suka uvaca svanam vibhisanas cakre kosalendranumoditah pitr-medha-vidhanena yad uktam samparayikam
- sri-sukah uvaca
- Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said
- svanam
- of his own family members
- vibhisanah
- Vibhisana, the brother of Ravana and devotee of Lord Ramacandra
- cakre
- executed
- kosala-indra-anumoditah
- approved by the King of Kosala, Lord Ramacandra
- pitr-medha-vidhanena
- by the funeral ceremony performed by the son after the death of his father or some family member
- yat uktam
- which have been prescribed
- samparayikam
- duties to be performed after a person’s death to save him from the path to hell
Sri Sukadeva Gosvami said: Vibhisana, the pious brother of Ravana and devotee of Lord Ramacandra, received approval from Lord Ramacandra, the King of Kosala. Then he performed the prescribed funeral ceremonies for his family members to save them from the path to hell.