Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 64, Shloka 8
शब्दवेध्य-अनर्थः, ऋषिशापः, दशरथस्य प्राणत्यागः
The Sound-Target Tragedy, the Sage’s Curse, and Dasaratha’s Death
यन्निमित्तमिदं तात सलिले क्रीडितं त्वया।उत्कण्ठिता ते मातेयं प्रविश क्षिप्रमाश्रमम्।।।।
yan nimittam idaṃ tāta salile krīḍitaṃ tvayā | utkaṇṭhitā te māteyaṃ praviśa kṣipram āśramam ||
孩子啊，不论因何你在水中嬉戏良久；快进这座修行林庵吧，你母亲在此正为你忧心。
'O Dear child, whatever be the reason, you have been sporting in the water so long, come at once to the hermitage. Your mother is anxious.
FAQs
It reflects gṛhastha/āśrama ethics and filial responsibility: the child is called to reassure and serve anxious parents—care for elders is treated as a dharmic obligation.
Within Daśaratha’s remembered Śravaṇa episode, the father calls the son back from the water because the mother is worried.
Parental care and vigilance, and by implication the son’s expected obedience and service.