Brihadyatra 13: adhyāyaḥ 13

Chapter 13: Bodily Twitching

I shall declare the twitching of the right side; on the left, there is the loss of that result.

In the head there is gain of land; on the forehead there would be increase of position;

between the brow and nose, meeting with a dear one; but in the eyes, acquisition of servants;

at the edge of the eye, acquisition of wealth, and here in the front, longing is to be known;

in the cheek, happiness with a woman; and below the outer corner of the eye, victory in battle.

And in the ear [twitching brings] the hearing of good news; in the nose, pleasure and happiness;

in the lower and upper lips, union with a loved one and victory; and in the throat, the obtaining of pleasures;

in the shoulder, an increase in enjoyment, or union with one possessed of mounts;

in the hand, acquisition of wealth; in the back, defeat; in the chest, victory is remembered;

in the flank, the arising of love; but in the breast, the obtaining of unprecedented territory;

in the waist, joy in strength; at the navel, fall from position is proclaimed;

in the hand, increase of the treasury; in the heart, distress that ends in wealth;

in the buttock, the gain of a mount; in the testicle, life; in the penis, the coming of a woman;

in the scrotum, the birth of a son; in the bladder, prosperity of the harem;

in the movement behind the thighs, misfortune; but in the front, the obtaining of an ally beneficial to the minister;

and when the knee-joint throbs, a powerful alliance with the enemy is spoken of;

in the shin, destruction of a part of the country; above the foot, acquisition of a position;

when the sole of the foot throbs, undertaking a journey with no gain.

Wounds, boils, moles, birthmarks, freckles, and the like are similarly indicated.

An itching on the right hand of the king leads to victory.