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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.43
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.
2.58.43
sa kṛtvā tūdakaṃ tūrṇaṃ tāpasaḥ saha bhāryayā
mām uvāca mahātejāḥ kṛtāñjalim upasthitam
That ascetic, having quickly made the water-offering together with his wife, the greatly-glorious one spoke to me as I stood by with joined palms:
Words: sa — he; kṛtvā — having made; tūdakaṃ — the water-offering; tūrṇaṃ — quickly; tāpasaḥ — the ascetic; saha — together with; bhāryayā — (his) wife; mām — to me; uvāca — spoke; mahātejāḥ — the greatly glorious; kṛtāñjalim — with joined palms; upasthitam — standing near
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.