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 ||
ಈ ರೀತಿ ನನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ ಶಾಪವನ್ನು ಇಟ್ಟು, ಬಹಳ ಕರುಣವಾಗಿ ವಿಲಪಿಸಿ, ಆ ದಂಪತಿ ತಮ್ಮ ದೇಹಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ ಚಿತೆಗೆ ಏರಿ ಸ್ವರ್ಗಕ್ಕೆ ಪ್ರಯಾಣಿಸಿದರು.
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.