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Samudrika (Garga) 1.7

Sāmudrika (Garga) 1.7

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Sanskrit

1.7

śūrpākāravirūkṣapāṇḍuranakhau vakrau śirāsantatau
saṃśuṣkau viralāṅgulī ca caraṇau dāridryaduḥkhapradau
mārgīyotkaṭako kaṣāyasadṛśau vaṃśasya vicchittidau
brahmaghnau paripakvamṛdyutitalau pītāvagamyāratau

Nails shaped like winnowing baskets, rough, and pale; crooked, covered with veins,
withered, and with wide-spaced toes—such feet bring poverty and sorrow.
Prone to sores from travel, astringent-colored, they cause the extinction of one's lineage;
resembling baked clay, they indicate a slayer of brahmins; yellow, one who enjoys forbidden women.

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