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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.63.15

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

2.63.15

evam etan mayā dṛṣṭam imāṃ rātriṃ bhayāvahām
ahaṃ rāmo 'tha vā rājā lakṣmaṇo vā mariṣyati

Thus did I see this on this fearful night; either I, or Rāma, or the king, or Lakṣmaṇa is going to die.

Words: evam — thus; etan — this; mayā — by me; dṛṣṭam — was seen; imāṃ — this; rātriṃ — night; bhayāvahām — fearful, terror-bringing; ahaṃ — I; rāmo — Rāma; 'tha vā — or; rājā — the king; lakṣmaṇo — Lakṣmaṇa; vā — or; mariṣyati — will die

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. 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.