Daśaratha reached the sage and his ascetic wife and informed them that he had unintentionally killed their son. Upon their request, he brought them to their son. They felt the body of their son and cried piteously for a long time and then offered water for his benefit. After assuming a celestial body, their son consoled his father before departing to Svarga. The sagely elder couple then cursed Daśaratha that he would die while in distress about his son. Then they gave up their bodies and attained Svarga. Daśaratha thus informed Kausalyā about this curse. He then remembered Śrī Rāma and gave up his life.