Valmiki Ramayana 2.64.60 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64, Shloka 60
शब्दवेध्य-अनर्थः, ऋषिशापः, दशरथस्य प्राणत्यागः
The Sound-Target Tragedy, the Sage’s Curse, and Dasaratha’s Death
तस्यायं कर्मणो देवि विपाकस्समुपस्थितः।अपथ्यैस्सहम्भुक्ते व्याधिरन्नरसे यथा।।।।
tasyāyaṁ karmaṇo devi vipākaḥ samupasthitaḥ | apathyaiḥ saha bhukte vyādhir anna-rase yathā ||
ദേവീ രാജ്ഞീ, ആ കര്മ്മത്തിന്റെ പാകമായ വിപാകം ഇപ്പൊഴെന്മേല് വന്നെത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു—അപഥ്യമായ അന്നപാനം ഭുജിക്കുമ്പോള് അന്നരസത്തില്നിന്ന് വ്യാധി ഉദിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ।
Just as a man eating forbidden food and drink falls sick, so have I fallen prey to grief,because of my sin, O Devi!
FAQs
Karma is portrayed as a natural moral law: consequences arise as naturally as illness follows harmful intake.
Daśaratha interprets his present suffering over Rāma as the matured fruit of his earlier accidental killing.
Moral clarity: he reads his pain not as random fate but as ethically intelligible consequence.
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