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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.31

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 father declared that they would soon follow their son and prayed for his blessed destination

2.58.31

tiṣṭha mā mā gamaḥ putra yamasya sadanaṃ prati
śvo mayā saha gantāsi jananyā ca samedhitaḥ

'Stay! Do not, do not go, my son, to the abode of Yama. Tomorrow you shall go, together with me and your mother, all of us together.'

Words: tiṣṭha — stay; mā mā — do not, do not; gamaḥ — go (may you); putra — O son; yamasya — of Yama; sadanaṃ — abode; prati — towards; śvo — tomorrow; mayā — with me; saha — together; gantāsi — you will go; jananyā — with (your) mother; ca — and; samedhitaḥ — (all) grown/joined together

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.