CHAPTER EIGHT

Prayers by Queen Kunti
and Pariksit Saved

TEXT 1

ad Jara
AT T PIA AAT HATA |
Te AHN MAA THA Ag: faa: 1 2

sua uvaca
atha te samparetanam
svanam udakam icchatam
datum sa krsna@ gangayam
puraskrtya yayuh striyah

sutah uvaca—Suta said; atha—thus; te—the Pandavas; samparetanam—
of the dead; svandm—of the relatives; udakam—water; icchatam—willing to
have; datum—to deliver; sa I:rsnah—along with Lord Krsna; gangayam—on
the Ganges; puraskrtya—putting in the front; yayuh—went; striyah—the
women.

TRANSLATION

Sita Gosvami said: Thereafter the Pandavas, desiring to deliver water
to the dead relatives who had desired it, went to the Ganges with Lord
Krsna. The ladies walked in front.

PURPORT

To date it is the custom in the Hindu society to go to the Ganges or to
any other sacred river to take bath when death occurs in the family. Each
of the family members pours out a potful of the Ganges water for the
departed soul and walks in a procession, with the ladies in the front. The

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