Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64, Shloka 58
शब्दवेध्य-अनर्थः, ऋषिशापः, दशरथस्य प्राणत्यागः
The Sound-Target Tragedy, the Sage’s Curse, and Dasaratha’s Death
एवं शापं मयि न्यस्य विलप्य करुणं बहु।चितामारोप्य देहं तन्मिथुनं स्वर्गमभ्ययात्।।।।
evaṁ śāpaṁ mayi nyasya vilapya karuṇaṁ bahu | citām āropya dehaṁ tan mithunaṁ svargam abhyayāt ||
Demikianlah, setelah menimpakan kutuk itu kepadaku dan meratap lama dengan pilu, pasangan itu menaiki tumpukan kayu pembakaran dengan tubuh mereka, lalu berangkat menuju surga.
Having thus cursed me, the couple piteously lamenting for a long time, laid themselves down on the funeral pyre and went to heaven.
FAQs
Actions generate enduring consequences; even after death, the moral weight of a curse persists as part of the ethical order (ṛta/dharma).
Daśaratha tells Kausalyā how the bereaved ascetic couple, after cursing him, entered the pyre and died.
Accountability and confession: Daśaratha openly narrates his past wrongdoing and its aftermath.