Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64, Shloka 46
शब्दवेध्य-अनर्थः, ऋषिशापः, दशरथस्य प्राणत्यागः
The Sound-Target Tragedy, the Sage’s Curse, and Dasaratha’s Death
न हि त्वस्मिन्कुले जातो गच्छत्यकुशलां गतिम्।स तु यास्यति येन त्वं निहतो मम बान्धवः।।।।
na hi tv asmin kule jāto gacchaty akuśalāṃ gatim |
sa tu yāsyati yena tvaṃ nihato mama bāndhavaḥ ||2.64.46||
Sebab, siapa pun yang lahir dalam wangsa ini tidak pergi menuju keadaan yang celaka. Tetapi dia yang membunuhmu—kerabatku itu—akan menuju takdir yang jahat.
'You, my son, shall attain that supreme state obtained by those who are virtuous, who study the Vedas and practise asceticism.You shall attain the state merited by those bestowers of land as charity, who kindle the sacred fires, who are monoganists, who offer a thousand cows in charity, who nurture the venerable and who willingly lay down their bodies.
FAQs
It asserts karmic moral accounting: innocence is protected by dharma, while wrongful killing leads the perpetrator toward an inauspicious destiny.
The father distinguishes the son’s blameless fate from the killer’s consequence, setting up the logic for the curse that will later afflict Daśaratha.
Moral discernment: even in grief, the father separates the innocent from the culpable, aligning outcome with ethical responsibility.