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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.33

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

2.58.33

tato vaivasvataṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ pravakṣyāmi bhāratīm
kṣamatāṃ dharmarājo me bibhṛyāt pitarāv ayam

'Then, seeing Vaivasvata (Yama), I shall address this word to him: "Let the King of Dharma pardon me; let him sustain these two parents."'

Words: tato — then; vaivasvataṃ — Vaivasvata (Yama); dṛṣṭvā — having seen; taṃ — him; pravakṣyāmi — I shall speak; bhāratīm — speech, word; kṣamatāṃ — let (him) pardon; dharmarājo — the King of Dharma; me — me; bibhṛyāt — let (him) sustain; pitarāv — the two parents; ayam — he, this one

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.