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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.38
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
2.58.38
gosahasrapradātṝṇāṃ yā yā gurubhṛtām api
dehanyāsakṛtāṃ yā ca tāṃ gatiṃ gaccha putraka
na hi tv asmin kule jāto gacchaty akuśalāṃ gatim
'and the goal of those who give a thousand cows, and of those who cherish their teachers, and of those who lay down their bodies — to that goal go, dear son; for none born in this family goes to an inauspicious goal.'
Words: gosahasrapradātṝṇāṃ — of the givers of a thousand cows; yā — which; yā — which; gurubhṛtām — of those who cherish their teachers; api — also; dehanyāsakṛtāṃ — of those who have laid down their bodies; yā — which; ca — and; tāṃ — that; gatiṃ — goal; gaccha — go; putraka — dear son; na — not; hi — for; tv — indeed; asmin — in this; kule — family; jāto — born; gacchaty — goes; akuśalāṃ — inauspicious; gatim — goal
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.