The Bower Manuscript 46

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V. Fol. 2: Bower manuscript
4-4-1. If two fours and a one fall certainly for someone: loss of kin, distress, and great affliction will be yours. // 1
And a very sharp conflict, and an adverse asterism is yours; nor does your ancestral inheritance or occupation endure. // 2
And whatever you have conceived in your distressed heart,
think of some other matter, for its realization does not exist. // 3
For about five years you will suffer and gain nothing. And this is your identifying mark:
a mole is upon your back. // 4
1-4-4. But where a one is first and two fours occur:
you will attain the succession of all undertakings and wealth. // 5
And auspicious to you is your family deity, Mahādeva, the great lord;
perform his praise, worship, and vigil. // 6
To you […] a great gain will occur, there is no doubt. And this is your identifying mark:
you have a wound [on your …]. // 7
And in a dream you had a great dispute […].
4-1-4. A four, a one in the middle, and at the end a four. // 8
Whatever matter you have considered […] / and whatever matter you think of, that too will bring you increase and good fortune. // 9
You do not respect your mother, father, friends, or your own kin;
nor do you worship the elders, the deity, or Maheśvara. // 10
Therefore, all the wealth you have thought of does not materialize;
[yet if he is] pleased, he will bring about peace and ease of heart for you. // 11
3-3-4. Affection produced from business, reunion with friends and kin,
and release from all sorrow you, desiring prosperity, will obtain. // 12
Without a doubt, from here in the sixth month you will be very wealthy;
what was contemplated by you in thought—its gain is beyond doubt. // 13
Without obstacle, all that will arrive with ease. And this is your identifying mark:
you have a wound on the back of your head. // 14