Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 58: The curse and Daśaratha’s death · 2.58.2 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.1

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 58: The curse and Daśaratha’s death. The youth’s father condemns him to die grieving for a son, Daśaratha recalls the curse and dies calling for Rāma

In the sequence: Continuing the account, Daśaratha says he took the water pot to the hermitage

2.58.1

tad ajñānān mahat pāpaṃ kṛtvā saṃkulitendriyaḥ
ekas tv acintayaṃ buddhyā kathaṃ nu sukṛtaṃ bhavet

Having done that great sin out of ignorance, my senses confounded, I alone pondered in my mind: how might this be set right?

Words: tad — that; ajñānān — out of ignorance; mahat — great; pāpaṃ — sin; kṛtvā — having done; saṃkulitendriyaḥ — my senses confounded; ekas — alone; tv — indeed; acintayaṃ — I pondered; buddhyā — with (my) mind; kathaṃ — how; nu — pray, indeed; sukṛtaṃ — well-remedied, set right; bhavet — might be

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.