Chapter 73 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 73

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 73.6

त्वां प्राप्य हि पिता मेऽद्य सत्यसंधो महायशाः। तीव्रदुःखाभिसंतप्तो वृत्तो दशरथो नृपः॥

tvāṃ prāpya hi pitā me'dya satyasaṃdho mahāyaśāḥ| tīvraduḥkhābhisaṃtapto vṛtto daśaratho nṛpaḥ||

English Meaning

Having got you, my illustrious sire intent upon truth, king Dasaratha, afflicted by extreme sorrow, has departed this life.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)