Shloka 45
शब्दवेध्य-अनर्थः, ऋषिशापः, दशरथस्य प्राणत्यागः
The Sound-Target Tragedy, the Sage’s Curse, and Dasaratha’s Death
या गति स्सर्वसाधूनां स्वाध्यायात्तपसाच या।या भूमिदस्याहिऽताग्नेरेकपत्नी व्रतस्य च।।2.64.44।।गोसहस्रप्रदातृ़णां या या गुरुभृतामपि।देहन्यासकृतां या च तां गतिं गच्छ पुत्रक।।2.64.45।।
na hi tv asmin kule jāto gacchaty akuśalāṃ gatim |
sa tu yāsyati yena tvaṃ nihato mama bāndhavaḥ ||2.64.46||
اس خاندان میں پیدا ہونے والا کوئی شخص نحوست والی گتی کو نہیں جاتا۔ مگر جس نے تجھے قتل کیا—میرا رشتہ دار—وہی بد انجامی کو پہنچے گا۔
'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.