CHAPTER EIGHT
Prayers by Queen Kunti
and Pariksit Saved
TEXT 1
ad saja
AT FT WIA SATA |
Fie THM MATA TH Tg: eras U8
stta uvaca
atha te samparetanam
svdndm 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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