Chapter 52 — Aranya Kanda, Sarga 52

Valmiki Ramayana — Aranya Kanda

Verse 52.2

निमित्तं लक्षणं स्वप्नं शकुनिस्वरदर्शनम्। अवश्यं सुखदुःखेषु नराणां परिदृश्यते॥

nimittaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ svapnaṃ śakunisvaradarśanam| avaśyaṃ sukhaduḥkheṣu narāṇāṃ paridṛśyate||

English Meaning

Throbbings of the eyes or other parts of the body, dreams, seeing birds or hearing their voice, are found to augur happiness or misery to men.

— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)