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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.34

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

2.58.34

apāpo 'si yathā putra nihataḥ pāpakarmaṇā
tena satyena gacchāśu ye lokāḥ śastrayodhinām

'As you, my son, though sinless, were slain by an evil-doer — by that truth, go quickly to those worlds which belong to warriors who fight with weapons,'

Words: apāpo — sinless; 'si — you are; yathā — as, since; putra — O son; nihataḥ — slain; pāpakarmaṇā — by an evil-doer; tena — by that; satyena — truth; gacchāśu — go quickly; ye — which; lokāḥ — worlds; śastrayodhinām — of warriors who fight with weapons

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.