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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.63.7

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

2.63.7

evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ suhṛdaṃ bharataḥ pratyuvāca ha
śṛṇu tvaṃ yan nimittaṃme dainyam etad upāgatam

To the friend who spoke thus, Bharata replied: “Hear from what cause this dejection has come upon me.

Words: evaṃ — thus; bruvāṇaṃ — speaking; suhṛdaṃ — the friend; bharataḥ — Bharata; pratyuvāca — replied; ha — indeed; śṛṇu — hear; tvaṃ — you; yan — on account of which; nimittaṃme — the cause ... for me; dainyam — dejection, misery; etad — this; upāgatam — has come upon

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.