← 2.63.12 · Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa 63: Bharata’s ominous dream · 2.63.14 →

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.63.13

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

2.63.13

pīṭhe kārṣṇāyase cainaṃ niṣaṇṇaṃ kṛṣṇavāsasaṃ
prahasanti sma rājānaṃ pramadāḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ

And women, black and tawny, kept mocking that king as he sat clad in black upon a seat of black iron.

Words: pīṭhe — on a seat; kārṣṇāyase — of black iron; cainaṃ — and him; niṣaṇṇaṃ — seated; kṛṣṇavāsasaṃ — clad in black; prahasanti sma — were mocking, laughing at; rājānaṃ — the king; pramadāḥ — women; kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ — black and tawny

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.