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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.35

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

2.58.35

yānti śūrā gatiṃ yāṃ ca saṃgrāmeṣv anivartinaḥ
hatās tv abhimukhāḥ putra gatiṃ tāṃ paramāṃ vraja

'and to whatever goal heroes go who do not turn back in battles, slain facing the foe — to that supreme goal, my son, proceed.'

Words: yānti — go; śūrā — heroes; gatiṃ — goal, path; yāṃ — which; ca — and; saṃgrāmeṣv — in battles; anivartinaḥ — not turning back; hatās — slain; tv — indeed; abhimukhāḥ — facing (the foe); putra — O son; gatiṃ — goal; tāṃ — that; paramāṃ — supreme; vraja — go, proceed

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.