{"kanda":2,"kandaName":"Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa","sarga":63,"title":"Bharata’s ominous dream","sentence":"Daśaratha falls into filth and oil and travels south in a donkey-drawn chariot, Bharata wakes fearing a family death","portion":"Bharata is summoned home","sequence":[[{"steps":["That same night Bharata dreams of disaster and wakes deeply troubled (63.1–2)"],"from":1,"to":2,"sarga":63},{"steps":["his companions try music, dancing, stories, and jokes, but cannot cheer him (63.3–5)"],"from":3,"to":5,"sarga":63},{"steps":["when a friend asks what is wrong, he describes the dream (63.6–7)"],"from":6,"to":7,"sarga":63},{"steps":["he saw his father dirty and disheveled, falling into filth, drinking oil, eating sesame rice, and sinking into oil (63.8–10)"],"from":8,"to":10,"sarga":63},{"steps":["he also saw the ocean dry up, the moon fall, fire go out, the earth split, trees wither, mountains smoke, and women mock the King on an iron seat 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