འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 230

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“If the moon or the sun is eclipsed
In the nakṣatras of Śravaṇā, Dhaniṣṭhā,
The first Bhadrapadā,
Or Śatabhiṣā,

“And it has thus darkened over,
One knows that Rāhu (graha) has arrived.
This will result in severe suffering
And famine everywhere.
All human habitations will be
At great risk from the king’s thieves.¹⁴⁷³

“If, in the nakṣatras of Revatī
Or the second Bhadrapadā,
The bright disk of the moon
Is swallowed by Rāhu from the east,¹⁴⁷⁴
Or the disk of the sun, obscured from the west,¹⁴⁷⁵
Is only partially visible,

“Every king and lord of Magadha
Will lose his dominion.¹⁴⁷⁶
These are said to be the manifestations
Of the coming of Rāhu.

“The quarters where the sun
Or the moon disk is eclipsed
Are the ones where, at that time,
Good and bad things will occur.

“The earthquakes that occur on earth
Are said to be indicated by signs.
Based on the color of the eclipse,¹⁴⁷⁷ there will be
The corresponding good and bad occurrences.

“A smoky color is the sign
Of a rain that will last for five days.
Halfway through it, this will become a matter of concern
For the people living in Tīrabhukti.¹⁴⁷⁸

“All the populated places will be destroyed
And will become centers of disease.
The kings who rule on the northern bank
Of the Gaṅgā will perish,

“And so will the kings who live,
Protected all around, in their forts
In the impenetrable recesses of the Himalayas,
So difficult to access.

“The king of Tīrabhukti,
On the northern bank of the Gaṅgā,
Will also die,¹⁴⁷⁹
Tormented by grief and tribulations of different kinds.
He will perish along with
His wives and sons.¹⁴⁸⁰

“If the nakṣatras, during which the earthquake occurs,
Can be described as hazy,
Then within five days
All the directions will become filled with smoke.
Without any rain,¹⁴⁸¹ it will be terrible.
This will continue for many days without interruption.

“People within the range of vision
Will not see one another.¹⁴⁸²
Human vision will not penetrate there
To see one another.

“There will be great dangers there
That will destroy kings and states