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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.63.11

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 63: Bharata’s ominous dream. Daśaratha falls into filth and oil and travels south in a donkey-drawn chariot, Bharata wakes fearing a family death

In the sequence: he also saw the ocean dry up, the moon fall, fire go out, the earth split, trees wither, mountains smoke, and women mock the King on an iron seat

2.63.11

svapne 'pi sāgaraṃ śuṣkaṃ candraṃ ca patitaṃ bhuvi
sahasā cāpi saṃśantaṃ jvalitaṃ jātavedasaṃ

In the dream too I saw the ocean dried up, the moon fallen to the earth, and the blazing fire suddenly going out;

Words: svapne 'pi — in the dream too; sāgaraṃ — the ocean; śuṣkaṃ — dried up; candraṃ — the moon; ca — and; patitaṃ — fallen; bhuvi — to the earth; sahasā — suddenly; cāpi — and also; saṃśantaṃ — going out, being extinguished; jvalitaṃ — blazing, kindled; jātavedasaṃ — the fire (Jātavedas, Agni)

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.