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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.42

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.

2.58.42

evam uktvā tu divyena vimānena vapuṣmatā
āruroha divaṃ kṣipraṃ muniputro jitendriyaḥ

Having spoken thus, the sage's son, master of his senses, swiftly ascended to heaven in a splendid celestial chariot.

Words: evam — thus; uktvā — having spoken; tu — indeed; divyena — divine, celestial; vimānena — by a flying chariot; vapuṣmatā — beautiful, splendid; āruroha — ascended; divaṃ — to heaven; kṣipraṃ — quickly; muniputro — the sage's son; jitendriyaḥ — master of his senses

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.