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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.47

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: Returning to the present, Daśaratha tells Kausalyā that the curse has now reached him → he longs for one final touch from Rāma, but his sight and memory begin to fail → he imagines the fortunate people who will see his son return after the exile → calling for Rāma, he dies at midnight.

2.58.47

tasmān mām āgataṃ bhadre tasyodārasya tadvacaḥ
yad ahaṃ putraśokena saṃtyakṣyāmy adya jīvitam

So, dear lady, that word of that noble one has come upon me — that today, through grief for a son, I shall give up my life.

Words: tasmān — therefore; mām — me; āgataṃ — come; bhadre — O good lady; tasyodārasya — of that noble one; tadvacaḥ — that word; yad — that; ahaṃ — I; putraśokena — through grief for a son; saṃtyakṣyāmy — I shall give up; adya — today; jīvitam — life

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.