Canto 2: Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 64: Daśaratha Gives up his Life in Remembrance of Lord RāmaText 2.64.16
Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 64: Daśaratha Gives up his Life in Remembrance of Lord Rāma
Text 2.64.16
गत्वा नद्यास्ततस्तीरमपश्यमिषुणा हृदि।
विनिर्भिन्नं गतप्राणं शयानं भुवि तापसम्॥
gatvā nadyās tatas tīram apaśyam iṣuṇā hṛdi
vinirbhinnaṁ gata-prāṇaṁ śayānaṁ bhuvi tāpasam
gatvā = I reached; nadyāḥ = of the river; tataḥ = then; tīram = the bank; apaśyam = I saw; iṣuṇā = by my arrow; hṛdi = in the heart; vinirbhinnam = shot; gata-prāṇam = he was [about] to give up his life; śayānam = fallen; bhuvi = on the ground; tāpasam = an ascetic.
I then reached the bank of the river. I saw an ascetic fallen on the ground, shot in the heart by my arrow. He was [about] to give up his life