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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.23.22

విధాయ కృత్యం హ్రదినీజలాప్లుతా దత్త్వోదకం భర్తురుదారకర్మణ: । నత్వా దివిస్థాంస్త్రిదశాంస్త్రి: పరీత్య వివేశ వహ్నిం ధ్యాయతీ భర్తృపాదౌ ॥ ౨౨ ॥
vidhāya kṛtyaṁ hradinī-jalāplutā
[vidhaaya krityam hradinee-jalaaplutaa]
dattvodakaṁ bhartur udāra-karmaṇaḥ
[dattvodakam bhartur udaara-karmanah]
natvā divi-sthāṁs tridaśāṁs triḥ parītya
[natvaa divi-sthaams tridashaams trih pareetya]
viveśa vahniṁ dhyāyatī bhartṛ-pādau
[vivesha vahnim dhyaayatee bhartri-paadau]
Word-for-word
vidhāya — executing kṛtyam — the regulative function hradinī — in the water of the river jala-āplutā — taking bath completely dattvā udakam — offering oblations of water bhartuḥ — of her husband udāra-karmaṇaḥ — who was so liberal natvā — offering obeisances divi-sthān — situated in the sky tri-daśān — the thirty million demigods triḥ — three times parītya — circumambulating viveśa — entered vahnim — the fire dhyāyatī — while thinking of bhartṛ — of her husband pādau — the two lotus feet.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vidhāya kṛtyaṁ hradinī-jalāplutā
vidhāya
executing
kṛtyam
the regulative function
hradinī
in the water of the river
jala-āplutā
taking bath completely
dattvodakaṁ bhartur udāra-karmaṇaḥ
dattvā udakam
offering oblations of water
bhartuḥ
of her husband
udāra-karmaṇaḥ
who was so liberal
natvā
offering obeisances
natvā divi-sthāṁs tridaśāṁs triḥ parītya
divi-sthān
situated in the sky
tri-daśān
the thirty million demigods
triḥ
three times
parītya
circumambulating
viveśa vahniṁ dhyāyatī bhartṛ-pādau
viveśa
entered
vahnim
the fire
dhyāyatī
while thinking of
bhartṛ
of her husband
pādau
the two lotus feet.
After this, the Queen executed the necessary funerary functions and offered oblations of water. After bathing in the river, she offered obeisances to various demigods situated in the sky in the different planetary systems. She then circumambulated the fire and, while thinking of the lotus feet of her husband, entered its flames.
Purport

The entrance of a chaste wife into the flames of the pyre of her dead husband is known as saha-gamana, which means “dying with the husband.” This system of saha-gamana had been practiced in Vedic civilization from time immemorial. Even after the British period in India this practice was rigidly observed, but soon it degraded to the point that even when the wife was not strong enough to enter the fire of her dead husband, the relatives would force her to enter. Thus this practice had to be stopped, but even today there are still some solitary cases where a wife will voluntarily enter the fire and die with her husband. Even after 1940 we personally knew of a chaste wife who died in this way.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Performing the rites, taking bath in a lake, offering water to her husband of great fame, and offering respects to the thirty devatās, [Note: 12 Ādityas, 8 Vasus, 11 rudras and 2 Aśvins. This is actually thirty-three devatās.] she circumambulated the pyre three times and entered the fire while meditating on the feet of her husband. The devatās had come to see Pṛthu and she could see them in the sky. She went around the fire three times.
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