Valmiki Ramayana 2.64.58: Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64, Shloka 58

शब्दवेध्य-अनर्थः, ऋषिशापः, दशरथस्य प्राणत्यागः

The Sound-Target Tragedy, the Sage’s Curse, and Dasaratha’s Death

Devanagari script

एवं शापं मयि न्यस्य विलप्य करुणं बहु।चितामारोप्य देहं तन्मिथुनं स्वर्गमभ्ययात्।।।।

Sanskrit recitationValmiki Ramayana 2.64.58

Transliteration

evaṁ śāpaṁ mayi nyasya vilapya karuṇaṁ bahu | citām āropya dehaṁ tan mithunaṁ svargam abhyayāt ||

Translation

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

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Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक अव्यय

• शापम्: curse
• शापम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; object of न्यस्य

• मयि: on/into me
• मयि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative singular

• न्यस्य: having placed/imposed
• न्यस्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि- अस्/सद्? (धातु: नि-√अस्/√सद् in sense ‘to place’)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) from नि-√अस्/√सद्/√न्यास (usage: ‘placing’); having placed

• विलप्य: having lamented
• विलप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-लप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; having lamented

• करुणम्: piteously
• करुणम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: करुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative)

• बहु: much/long
• बहु: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (much/long)

• चिताम्: funeral pyre
• चिताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; object of आरोप्य

• आरोप्य: having mounted (the pyre)
• आरोप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्/आ-रुप् (धातु; usage: आ-√रुह् ‘to mount’)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; having mounted/placed upon

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; object (what was placed)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative qualifying मिथुनम्

• मिथुनम्: the pair/couple
• मिथुनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मिथुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; subject of अभ्ययात् (the couple)

• स्वर्गम्: to heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; goal

• अभ्ययात्: went
• अभ्ययात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-या (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (अद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; aorist 3rd sg

Context

Having thus cursed me, the couple piteously lamenting for a long time, laid themselves down on the funeral pyre and went to heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Daśaratha
• Kausalyā
• śāpa (curse)
• svarga (heaven)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Actions generate enduring consequences; even after death, the moral weight of a curse persists as part of the ethical order (ṛta/dharma).

What is the narrative situation?

Daśaratha tells Kausalyā how the bereaved ascetic couple, after cursing him, entered the pyre and died.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Accountability and confession: Daśaratha openly narrates his past wrongdoing and its aftermath.