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Quote #10
Her daughter had died in childhood and with her one son she had no articulate relations. On the night when she died she was hurrying homeward, bearing on her body food for animal life. (5.14)
This is the long and short of it. She fed men and livestock during her life; she fed the natural world with her death. This emphasizes the fact that death is an integral part of the life cycle.