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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.8.1
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 1
- sūta uvāca
- atha te samparetānāṁ
- svānām udakam icchatām
- dātuṁ sakṛṣṇā gaṅgāyāṁ
- puraskṛtya yayuḥ striyaḥ
sūtaḥSūta said uvācaSūta said — Sūta said; athathus — thus; tethe Pāṇḍavas — the Pāṇḍavas; samparetānāmof the dead — of the dead; svānāmof the relatives — of the relatives; udakamwater — water; icchatāmwilling to have — willing to have; dātumto deliver — to deliver; saalong with Draupadī-kṛṣṇāḥalong with Draupadī — along with Draupadī; gaṅgāyāmon the Ganges — on the Ganges; puraskṛtyaputting in the front — putting in the front; yayuḥwent — went; striyaḥthe women — the women.
Sūta Gosvāmī said: Thereafter the Pāṇḍavas, desiring to deliver water to the dead relatives who had desired it, went to the Ganges with Draupadī. The ladies walked in front.
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 Pāṇḍavas also followed the rules more than five thousand years ago. Lord Kṛṣṇa, being a cousin of the Pāṇḍavas, was also amongst the family members.