अदर्शनं स्वशिरस: प्रतिरूपे च सत्यपि । असत्यपि द्वितीये च द्वैरूप्यं ज्योतिषां तथा ॥ २८ ॥ छिद्रप्रतीतिश्छायायां प्राणघोषानुपश्रुति: । स्वर्णप्रतीतिर्वृक्षेषु स्वपदानामदर्शनम् ॥ २९ ॥ स्वप्ने प्रेतपरिष्वङ्ग: खरयानं विषादनम् । यायान्नलदमाल्येकस्तैलाभ्यक्तो दिगम्बर: ॥ ३० ॥ अन्यानि चेत्थं भूतानि स्वप्नजागरितानि च । पश्यन् मरणसन्त्रस्तो निद्रां लेभे न चिन्तया ॥ ३१ ॥
adarśanaṁ sva-śirasaḥ pratirūpe ca saty api asaty api dvitīye ca dvai-rūpyaṁ jyotiṣāṁ tathā chidra-pratītiś chāyāyāṁ prāṇa-ghoṣānupaśrutiḥ svarṇa-pratītir vṛkṣeṣu sva-padānām adarśanam svapne preta-pariṣvaṅgaḥ khara-yānaṁ viṣādanam yāyān nalada-māly ekas tailābhyakto dig-ambaraḥ anyāni cetthaṁ-bhūtāni svapna-jāgaritāni ca paśyan maraṇa-santrasto nidrāṁ lebhe na cintayā
- adarśanam
- the invisibility
- sva
- of his own
- śirasaḥ
- head
- pratirūpe
- his reflection
- ca
- and
- sati
- being present
- api
- even
- asati
- there not being
- api
- even
- dvitīye
- a cause for duplication
- ca
- and
- dvai-rūpyam
- double image
- jyotiṣām
- of the heavenly bodies
- tathā
- also
- chidra
- of a hole
- pratītiḥ
- the seeing
- chāyāyām
- in his shadow
- prāṇa
- of his life air
- ghoṣa
- of the reverberation
- anupaśrutiḥ
- the failure to hear
- svarṇa
- of a golden color
- pratītiḥ
- the perception
- vṛkṣeṣu
- on trees
- sva
- his own
- padānām
- footprints
- adarśanam
- not seeing
- svapne
- while asleep
- preta
- by ghostly spirits
- pariṣvaṅgaḥ
- being embraced
- khara
- upon a donkey
- yānam
- traveling
- viṣa
- poison
- adanam
- swallowing
- yāyāt
- was going about
- nalada
- of spikenards, rose-purple flowers native to India
- mālī
- wearing a garland
- ekaḥ
- someone
- taila
- with oil
- abhyaktaḥ
- smeared
- dik-ambaraḥ
- naked
- anyāni
- other (omens)
- ca
- and
- ittham-bhūtāni
- like these
- svapna
- while asleep
- jāgaritāni
- while awake
- ca
- also
- paśyan
- seeing
- maraṇa
- of death
- santrastaḥ
- terrified
- nidrām
- sleep
- lebhe
- he could achieve
- na
- not
- cintayā
- because of his anxiety
When he looked at his reflection he could not see his head; for no reason the moon and stars appeared double; he saw a hole in his shadow; he could not hear the sound of his life air; trees seemed covered with a golden hue; and he could not see his footprints. He dreamt that he was being embraced by ghosts, riding a donkey and drinking poison, and also that a naked man smeared with oil was passing by wearing a garland of nalada flowers. Seeing these and other such omens both while dreaming and while awake, Kaṁsa was terrified by the prospect of death, and out of anxiety he could not sleep.