Chapter 4 — Ayodhya Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Ayodhya Kanda

Verse 4.15

प्रायेण च निमित्तानामीदृशानां समुद्भवे। राजा हि मृत्युमाप्नोति घोरां चापदमृच्छति ॥

prāyeṇa ca nimittānāmīdṛśānāṃ samudbhave| rājā hi mṛtyumāpnoti ghorāṃ cāpadamṛcchati ||

English Meaning

It generally happens that when such signs manifest themselves, the king comes by a terrible calamity, and may meet with death itself.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)