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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.51

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.

2.58.51

na te manuṣyā devās te ye cāruśubhakuṇḍalam
mukhaṃ drakṣyanti rāmasya varṣe pañcadaśe punaḥ

They are not men but gods, who will look again on Rāma's face, with its lovely, beautiful earrings, in the fifteenth year.

Words: na — not; te — they; manuṣyā — men; devās — gods; te — they; ye — who; cāruśubhakuṇḍalam — with lovely, beautiful earrings; mukhaṃ — face; drakṣyanti — will see; rāmasya — of Rāma; varṣe — in the year; pañcadaśe — fifteenth; punaḥ — again

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.