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TEXT 1
suta uvaca
atha te samparetanam
svanam udakam icchatam
datum sakrsna gangayam
puraskrtya yayuh striyah
SYNONYMS
sutah uvacaSuta said; athathus; tethe Pandavas; samparetanamof the dead; svanamof the relatives; udakamwater; icchatamwilling to have; datumto deliver; sa-krsnahalong with Draupadi; gangayamon the Ganges; puraskrtyaputting in the front; yayuhwent; striyahthe women.
 His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness TRANSLATION
Suta Gosvami said: Thereafter the Pandavas, desiring to deliver water to the dead relatives who had desired it, went to the Ganges with Draupadi. The ladies walked in front.
PURPORT
To date it is the custom in Hindu society to go to the Ganges or 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 Pandavas also followed the rules more than five thousand years ago. Lord Krsna, being a cousin of the Pandavas, was also amongst the family members.
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