adarsanam -- the invisibility; sva -- of his own; sirasah -- head; pratirupe -- his reflection; ca -- and; sati -- being present; api -- even; asati -- there not being; api -- even; dvitiye -- a cause for duplication; ca -- and; dvai-rupyam -- double image; jyotisham -- of the heavenly bodies; tatha -- also; chidra -- of a hole; pratitih -- the seeing; chayayam -- in his shadow; prana -- of his life air; ghosha -- of the reverberation; anupasrutih -- the failure to hear; svarna -- of a golden color; pratitih -- the perception; vriksheshu -- on trees; sva -- his own; padanam -- footprints; adarsanam -- not seeing; svapne -- while asleep; preta -- by ghostly spirits; parishvangah -- being embraced; khara -- upon a donkey; yanam -- traveling; visha -- poison; adanam -- swallowing; yayat -- was going about; nalada -- of spikenards, rose-purple flowers native to India; mali -- wearing a garland; ekah -- someone; taila -- with oil; abhyaktah -- smeared; dik-ambarah -- naked; anyani -- other (omens); ca -- and; ittham-bhutani -- like these; svapna -- while asleep; jagaritani -- while awake; ca -- also; pasyan -- seeing; marana -- of death; santrastah -- terrified; nidram -- sleep; lebhe -- he could achieve; na -- not; cintaya -- 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, Kamsa was terrified by the prospect of death, and out of anxiety he could not sleep.