adarsanam sva-sirasah

 pratirupe ca saty api

asaty api dvitiye ca

 dvai-rupyam jyotisam tatha

 

chidra-pratitis chayayam

 prana-ghosanupasrutih

svarna-pratitir vrksesu

 sva-padanam adarsanam

 

svapne preta-parisvangah

 khara-yanam visadanam

yayan nalada-maly ekas

 tailabhyakto dig-ambarah

 

anyani cettham-bhutani

 svapna-jagaritani ca

pasyan marana-santrasto

 nidram lebhe na cintaya

 

Translation: 

 

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, Kamsa was terrified by the prospect of death, and out of anxiety he could not sleep.