Canto 2 -
Ayodhyā-kāṇḍa
Chapter 69: Bharata’s Distressing Dreams
Text 2.69.17
एवमेतन्मया दृष्टमिमां रात्रिं भयावहाम्।
अहं रामोऽथवा राजा लक्ष्मणो वा मरिष्यति॥
evam etan mayā dṛṣṭam imāṁ rātriṁ bhayāvahām
ahaṁ rāmo ’thavā rājā lakṣmaṇo vā mariṣyati
evam etat = such a [dream]; mayā = when I; dṛṣṭam = saw; imām = on this; rātrim = night; bhaya-āvahām = dangerous; aham = I; rāmaḥ = Rāma; athavā = or; rājā = the king; lakṣmaṇaḥ vā = Lakṣmaṇa; mariṣyati = will die.
“On this dangerous night when I saw such a [dream], I, Rāma, the king or Lakṣmaṇa will die.
1 We can understand that such dreams indicate death of a beloved person.
This was the conclusion [that Bharata had arrived at] upon seeing this dream.1