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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.63.6

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: when a friend asks what is wrong, he describes the dream

2.63.6

tam abravīt priyasakho bharataṃ sakhibhir vṛtam
suhṛdbhiḥ paryupāsīnaḥ kiṃ sakhe nānumodase

A dear friend, seated attending him among the well-wishers, said to Bharata, who was surrounded by companions: “Why, friend, do you not join in the merriment?”

Words: tam — him; abravīt — said to; priyasakho — a dear friend; bharataṃ — Bharata; sakhibhir — by companions; vṛtam — surrounded; suhṛdbhiḥ — by well-wishers, friends; paryupāsīnaḥ — sitting near, attending; kiṃ — why; sakhe — O friend; nānumodase — do you not rejoice, join in

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.