Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 301

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aṅgāraśūlāśmapalālakeśa- vistīrṇaviṭcarmamṛteṣu dṛṣṭaḥ /
śvā mūtrayanyacchati kāryanāśaṃ dāridryamṛtyupramukhānanarthān //

A dog seen urinating on charcoal, a stake, a stone, straw, hair, / scattered excrement, leather, or a corpse brings the destruction of undertakings and calamities such as poverty and death.