सर्गः ५७
In which sleepless Daśaratha recalls youthful sound-shot sin, mistaking water pot for elephant and mortally wounding a parent-serving ascetic
Midnight Daśaratha recalls past misdeed — Daśaratha cites mango felled palāśa watered — Youthful regent hunts Sarayū in rains — Mistaking pot sound for elephant he shoots — Human cry reveals struck water-bearing ascetic — Dying youth mourns helpless old parents — Daśaratha drops bow and finds victim — Dying youth rebukes royal shooter — Youth directs king to blind father hut — King draws shaft as youth names mixed birth