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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.32

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

2.58.32

ubhāv api ca śokārtāv anāthau kṛpaṇau vane
kṣipram eva gamiṣyāvas tvayā hīnau yamakṣayam

'And we both, stricken with grief, helpless and wretched in the forest, bereft of you, shall very soon go to the abode of Yama.'

Words: ubhāv — both; api — also; ca — and; śokārtāv — stricken with grief (both); anāthau — helpless (both); kṛpaṇau — wretched (both); vane — in the forest; kṣipram eva — very soon; gamiṣyāvas — we two shall go; tvayā — of you; hīnau — bereft (both); yamakṣayam — to the abode of Yama

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.