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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.29
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: the parents touched the body and lamented the loss of the person who fed them, guided them, tended the fire, and comforted them
2.58.29
kandamūlaphalaṃ hṛtvā ko māṃ priyam ivātithim
bhojayiṣyaty akarmaṇyam apragraham anāyakam
'Who, bringing roots, bulbs, and fruit, will feed me — like a beloved guest — unfit for work, without support, without a guide?'
Words: kandamūlaphalaṃ — roots, bulbs and fruit; hṛtvā — having brought; ko — who; māṃ — me; priyam — dear; ivātithim — like a guest; bhojayiṣyaty — will feed; akarmaṇyam — unfit for work; apragraham — without support; anāyakam — without a guide
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.