Rasamanjari 10.4

10.4

dūto raktakaṣāyakṛṣṇavasano dantī jarāmarditas tailābhyaktaśarīrakāyudhakaro dīnāśrupūrṇānanaḥ /
bhasmāṅgārakapālapāṃśumuśalaḥ sūryāstasūryodaye yaḥ sūryasvarasaṃsthito gadavatāṃ kālāya sa syādasau //

A messenger wearing red, saffron, or black garments, possessing prominent teeth, worn down by old age, his body smeared with oil, bearing a weapon in hand, with a miserable face full of tears,
holding ashes, charcoal, a skull, dust, or a pestle, who stands in the solar breath at sunset or sunrise—he brings death to the diseased.