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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.40

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.

2.58.40

sa tu divyena rūpeṇa muniputraḥ svakarmabhiḥ
āśvāsya ca muhūrtaṃ tu pitarau vākyam abravīt

But that sage's son, in a divine form won by his own deeds, having comforted his parents a moment, spoke these words:

Words: sa — he; tu — but; divyena — divine; rūpeṇa — with a form; muniputraḥ — the sage's son; svakarmabhiḥ — by his own deeds; āśvāsya — having comforted; ca — and; muhūrtaṃ — for a moment; tu — indeed; pitarau — the two parents; vākyam — word; abravīt — spoke

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.