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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.63.14

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: finally Daśaratha rode south in a donkey-drawn chariot → Bharata interprets this as an omen of death in the family

2.63.14

tvaramāṇaś ca dharmātmā raktamālyānulepanaḥ
rathena kharayuktena prayāto dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ

And the righteous king, in haste, wearing red garlands and unguents, set forth facing south on a chariot yoked with donkeys.

Words: tvaramāṇaś — hastening; ca — and; dharmātmā — the righteous one; raktamālyānulepanaḥ — wearing red garlands and unguents; rathena — by a chariot; kharayuktena — yoked with donkeys; prayāto — set forth; dakṣiṇāmukhaḥ — facing south

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.