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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.58.7
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: the blind father heard his footsteps and assumed his son had returned; he asked why he had been so long and why he was silent
2.58.7
yad vyalīkaṃ kṛtaṃ putra mātrā te yadi vā mayā
na tan manasi kartavyaṃ tvayā tāta tapasvinā
Whatever offense has been done to you, my son, by your mother or by me, you, an ascetic, should not take it to heart, my child.
Words: yad — whatever; vyalīkaṃ — offense, displeasure; kṛtaṃ — done; putra — O son; mātrā — by (your) mother; te — to you; yadi vā — or if; mayā — by me; na — not; tan — that; manasi — in mind; kartavyaṃ — to be taken; tvayā — by you; tāta — my child; tapasvinā — by an ascetic
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.