But it was done in ignorance. And you have come yourself to tell me your crime.
So you shall live. Now take us both to the spot. Let us touch our beloved son with our
hands and send him into Yama's keeping.
"I carried them to the river bank
where their son lay dead. They felt his body all over, cried and blessed his soul and
performed the cremation.
"Then before ascending the funeral
pyre and giving them selves up to the fire, they turned to me and said: 'This great grief
you have brought about for us, you too, will endure in good time. You will die of grief
parted from your son.'
"Saying this, they burnt themselves
and their souls joined the gods. My sin has pursued me and I am now in its grip. |
