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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.41

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.

2.58.41

sthānam asmi mahat prāpto bhavatoḥ paricāraṇāt
bhavantāv api ca kṣipraṃ mama mūlam upaiṣyataḥ

'I have attained a great station through service to you two; and you both shall soon come to where I am.'

Words: sthānam — station, place; asmi — I am; mahat — great; prāpto — attained; bhavatoḥ — of you two; paricāraṇāt — through service, attendance; bhavantāv — you two; api ca — and also; kṣipraṃ — quickly; mama — my; mūlam — presence, side (root); upaiṣyataḥ — the two will come to

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.