Chapter 32 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 32

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 32.8

स्वप्नो मयायं विकृतोऽद्य दृष्टः शाखामृगः शास्त्रगणैर्निषिद्धः। स्वस्त्यस्तु रामाय सलक्ष्मणाय तथा पितुर्मे जनकस्य राज्ञः॥

svapno mayāyaṃ vikṛto'dya dṛṣṭaḥ śākhāmṛgaḥ śāstragaṇairniṣiddhaḥ| svastyastu rāmāya salakṣmaṇāya tathā piturme janakasya rājñaḥ||

English Meaning

I have seen a very inauspicious dream to-dayto see a monkey in a dream is reckoned inauspicious by the sages. May good betide Rāma, Lakşmaņa and my Sire the king of Janaka.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)