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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.45

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.

2.58.45

tvayā tu yad avijñānān nihato me sutaḥ śuciḥ
tena tvām abhiśapsyāmi suduḥkham atidāruṇam

'Since my pure son was slain by you out of ignorance, for that I shall curse you with a most grievous, exceedingly cruel curse.'

Words: tvayā — by you; tu — indeed; yad — since; avijñānān — out of ignorance; nihato — was slain; me — my; sutaḥ — son; śuciḥ — pure; tena — therefore; tvām — you; abhiśapsyāmi — I shall curse; suduḥkham — most grievous; atidāruṇam — exceedingly cruel

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.