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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.63.16
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
2.63.16
naro yānena yaḥ svapne kharayuktena yāti hi
acirāt tasya dhūmāgraṃ citāyāṃ saṃpradṛśyate
etannimittaṃ dīno 'haṃ tan na vaḥ pratipūjaye
For the man who in a dream rides in a donkey-yoked conveyance, before long the crest of smoke from his pyre is seen; for this reason I am cast down, and so I take no delight in your entertainments.
Words: naro — a man; yānena — by a conveyance; yaḥ — who; svapne — in a dream; kharayuktena — yoked with donkeys; yāti — goes, rides; hi — indeed; acirāt — before long; tasya — his; dhūmāgraṃ — the crest of smoke; citāyāṃ — on the funeral pyre; saṃpradṛśyate — is seen; etannimittaṃ — for this reason; dīno — dejected, cast down; 'haṃ — I; tan — therefore; na — not; vaḥ — your (efforts); pratipūjaye — I welcome, take delight in
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.