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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.63.18

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: his throat dries and his uneasiness will not pass.

2.63.18

imāṃ hi duḥsvapnagatiṃ niśāmya tām anekarūpām avitarkitāṃ purā
bhayaṃ mahat tad dhṛdayān na yāti me vicintya rājānam acintyadarśanam

For having beheld this course of ill dreams, manifold and never imagined before, and pondering the king whose aspect I cannot conceive, that great fear will not depart from my heart.

Words: imāṃ — this; hi — indeed, for; duḥsvapnagatiṃ — the course of the bad dream; niśāmya — having beheld, perceived; tām — that; anekarūpām — manifold, of many forms; avitarkitāṃ — unimagined, undreamt-of; purā — before, hitherto; bhayaṃ — fear; mahat — great; tad — that; dhṛdayān — from my heart; na — not; yāti — departs; me — my; vicintya — having pondered, reflecting on; rājānam — the king; acintyadarśanam — of inconceivable aspect

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.