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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.39

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: as they made the water offering, the youth appeared in a divine form, assured them that service to them had earned him a high place, and ascended → the youth's father then cursed Daśaratha to experience the same grief for a son and die from it.

2.58.39

evaṃ sa kṛpaṇaṃ tatra paryadevayatāsakṛt
tato 'smai kartum udakaṃ pravṛttaḥ saha bhāryayā

Thus he lamented piteously there again and again; then, together with his wife, he set about making the water-offering for him.

Words: evaṃ — thus; sa — he; kṛpaṇaṃ — piteously; tatra — there; paryadevayatāsakṛt — lamented again and again; tato — then; 'smai — for him; kartum — to make; udakaṃ — the water-offering; pravṛttaḥ — set about, began; saha — together with; bhāryayā — (his) wife

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.