Shloka 2.69.7
भरतस्य दुःस्वप्नदर्शनम् — Bharata’s Ominous Dream
एवं ब्रुवाणं सुहृदं भरतः प्रत्युवाच ह।श्रुणु त्वं यन्निमित्तं मे दैन्यमेतदुपागतम्।।।।
svapne pitaram adrākṣaṃ malinaṃ mukta-mūrdhajam |
patantam adri-śikharāt kaluṣe gomaya-hrade ||
In a dream I saw my father—pale and unkempt, his hair dishevelled—falling from a mountain peak into a foul pool filled with cow-dung.
Addressing his companion who was speaking thus, Bharata replied, saying Listen to the reason this desolation has overtaken me:
Dharma is expressed as filial responsibility and vigilance: Bharata’s heart reads the dream as a warning, intensifying his concern for his father and the kingdom’s moral order.
Bharata recounts an ominous dream in which he sees his father in a degraded, dangerous condition.
Filial devotion and moral sensitivity—Bharata is deeply shaken by signs of possible calamity.