Brihadyatra 27: adhyāyaḥ 27

Chapter 27: Auspicious and Inauspicious Things

White mustard seeds, a mirror, milk, collyrium, an animal tied by one leg, flesh, jars filled with water,

a turban, a pitcher, a man, a vardhamāna vessel, a palanquin carried by men, a lute, a parasol,

curd, honey, clarified butter, yellow orpiment, maidens, banners, gold, lotuses, a throne, conch shells,

white bulls, flowers, garments, fish, twice-born men, astrologers, and trusted persons in handsome attire,

a blazing fire, fruits, unbroken rice grains, sugarcane, sweetmeats, elephants, earth, goads, fly-whisks, weapons,

and varieties of gemstones headed by emerald, ruby, sapphire, and crystal—

if such auspicious things are arranged intentionally, encountered without effort, or spoken of,

having revered them through taking, seeing, touching, or hearing, he conquers the entire earth.

Cotton, medicine, black grains, salt, eunuchs, bones, oil, muscle fat,

mud, charcoal, raw sugar, snakeskins, and dung lead to affliction, as do the diseased;

one afflicted by wind, a madman, an idiot, firewood, grass, chaff, one emaciated by hunger, buttermilk, enemies,

the shaven-headed, the oil-smeared, those with disheveled hair, fallen outcasts, and those wearing ochre robes are inauspicious.

He should march along a road resounding with sharp kettle-drums, mṛdaṅgas, conches, war-drums, and small drums, topped with banners and triumphal arches,

whose dust is laid by abundant flowers and water, and filled with fragrant, well-attired people.