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Shantikamalakara 7.1_2

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7.1_2.1

Portents of various forms arising in the celestial, earthly, and atmospheric realms. He turns toward the eastern quarter. Now when his jeweled pitchers or cooking pots crack, chariots, umbrellas, beds, seats, dwellings, flags, banners, or a portion of the house breaks, or chief horses die, and such things—all these are portents presided over by Indra, and there are atonements. Having offered one hundred and eight [oblations] from the pot-cooked grain offering with 'Indraṃ vo viśvatas pari,' he offers with five oblations of ghee: 'To Indra, svāhā; to the lord of Śacī, svāhā; to the bearer of the thunderbolt in hand, svāhā; to the Lord, svāhā; to the pacifier of all sin, svāhā'; and he offers separately with the vyāhṛtis. He turns toward the southern quarter. Now when misfortunes appear among his offspring, cattle, or body, diseases of various kinds, excessive sleeping, bad dreams, overeating, sluggishness, indigestion; a crow comes by the house door, a dove enters or settles on the body, a black woman [appears], one's reflection is absent in a mirror, and so forth—all these are portents presided over by Yama. Having offered one hundred and eight [oblations] from the pot-cooked grain offering with 'Nāke suparṇam,' he offers with five oblations of ghee: 'To Yama, svāhā; to the lord of the departed, svāhā; to the bearer of the staff in hand, svāhā; to the Lord, svāhā; to the pacifier of all sin, svāhā'; and he offers separately with the vyāhṛtis. Now he turns toward the western quarter. In whose grains kept in the field or the house there appear portents and disturbances of various kinds: rats, locusts, ants, mathvakas, bhaumakas, parrots, śakabhakas, saukṣmakas, and so forth—all these are portents presided over by Varuṇa. Having offered one hundred and eight [oblations] from the pot-cooked grain offering with 'Ghṛtavatī' and 'Varuṇasyottambhanam asi,' he offers with five oblations of ghee: 'To Varuṇa, svāhā; to the lord of the waters, svāhā; to the bearer of the noose in hand, svāhā; to the Lord, svāhā; to the pacifier of all sin, svāhā'; and he offers separately with the vyāhṛtis.

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He turns toward the northern quarter. Now when one suffers loss of gold, silver, diamonds, beryl, or pearls, or undertakings fail, or friends become estranged, or honey or bottle-gourds grow in the house, anthills rise up, dried trees sprout, oil congeals, a rainbow is seen at night, a white crow during the day, smoke arises in funeral pyre fire, or a she-mule conceives—all these are portents presided over by Vaiśravaṇa. Having offered one hundred and eight [oblations] from the pot-cooked grain offering with 'Abhi tyaṃ devam,' he offers with five oblations of ghee: 'To Vaiśravaṇa, svāhā; to the pacifier of all sin, svāhā'; and he offers separately with the vyāhṛtis. He turns toward the earth. Now when one's ground cracks, slips, shakes, catches fire, weeps, smokes, casts up water unexpectedly, floods, sinks, what was submerged floats up, or flowers and fruits appear out of season—such portents are presided over by Agni. Having offered from the pot-cooked grain offering with 'Agniṃ dūtam,' he offers with five oblations of ghee: 'To Agni, svāhā; to the radiant one, svāhā'

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'To Śaktipāṇi, svāhā! To Īśvara, svāhā! To the subduer of all evil, svāhā!' and separately he offers with the vyāhṛtis. He turns toward the intermediate space. Now, if here adverse winds blow, bow-shapes appear in the clouds, vultures, herons, pigeons, owls, hawks, or white crows feed on the flesh of donkeys, camels, and cows, rains of animals, flesh, animal bones, and blood pour down from above, copulations of crows are seen, a jewel-like bow is seen at night, hares enter the village, trees weep blood, or a city seems to appear in the sky—such portents are presided over by Vāyu. Having offered one hundred and eight [oblations] from the pot-cooked grain offering with 'vāta ā vātu…', he offers five ghee oblations: 'To Vāyu, svāhā! To the lord of great portents, svāhā! To Śīghrapāṇi, svāhā! To Īśvara, svāhā! To the remover of all evil, svāhā!' Having offered with the vyāhṛtis, he should then sing the Sāman. He turns toward the sky. Now, when star-showers and meteors fall, smoke rises, the quarters seem to burn, comets shoot up, smoke appears on cows' horns, blood trickles from cows' teats, or excessive snow falls—such portents are presided over by Soma. Having offered one hundred and eight [oblations] from the pot-cooked grain offering with 'somaṃ rājānam…', he offers five ghee oblations: 'To Soma, svāhā! To the lord of lunar mansions, svāhā! To Śītapāṇi, svāhā! To Īśvara, svāhā! To the remover of all evil, svāhā!' and separately he offers with the vyāhṛtis. He turns toward the opposite direction: temple precincts shake, images of deities laugh, dance, sing, crack, weep, open and close their eyes, and rivers flow backward.

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A halo is seen around the sun, water becomes boiling hot, comets, banners, parasols, thunderbolts, and horns blaze forth, coals scatter in stable stalls, and unstricken things groan—such portents are presided over by Viṣṇu. Having offered from the pot-cooked grain offering with 'idaṃ viṣṇur…', he offers five ghee oblations: 'To Viṣṇu, svāhā! To the sovereign of all creatures, svāhā! To Cakrapāṇi, svāhā! To Īśvara, svāhā! To the remover of all evil, svāhā!' Having offered with the vyāhṛtis, he should then sing the Sāman. Ground is purified by four means: digging, burning, touching with sacred waters, and treading upon it; and fifth, by smearing. Having brought the ritual requisites in a clockwise direction and caused the brahmins to recite the svastivācana, whatever has been touched by the requisites he should sprinkle with water; here he performs propitiation and should feed the brahmins. He should give gold, a cow, a garment, and a horse as the priestly gift. He turns toward the lower direction. Now, if here his human women, cows, buffaloes, goats, and camels bring forth young with swollen limbs, with defective limbs, or monstrous forms, or if immovable things move—such portents are presided over by Rudra. Having offered one hundred and eight [oblations] from the pot-cooked grain offering with 'ā vo rājānam…', he offers five ghee oblations: 'To Rudra, to Paśupati, to Śūlapāṇi, to Īśvara, and to the remover of all evil!' Having offered with the vyāhṛtis, he should sing the Sāman. He turns toward the upper direction. Now, if here there is intense suffering for his people, mountains split and fall from the sky, the ground shakes, great trees wither, stones float, and four-footed beasts become five-footed—such portents are presided over by Sūrya. Having offered one hundred and eight [oblations] from the pot-cooked grain offering with 'ud u tyaṃ…', he offers five ghee oblations: 'To Sūrya, to the lord of all planets, to Kiraṇapāṇi, to Īśvara, to the remover of all evil!' Having offered with the vyāhṛtis, he should then sing the Sāman. He turns toward all directions. Now, if here his women give birth to twins, a white crow and copulating crows are seen, and a burning in all directions

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occurs, ghosts and demons arise, fire appears in cows, goats, and sheep, humans are born among beasts, all species are born among humans, one hates Rudra in speech, mind, and deeds, promiscuity appears among women and men, and the intellect inclines toward all manner of sins—such portents are presided over by Rudra. Having offered the pot-cooked grain offering with 'viśvataścakṣur…', [he offers] five ghee oblations: 'To Rudra, to the lord of Umā, to Śūlapāṇi, to Īśvara, to the appeaser of all evil!' and he offers with the vyāhṛtis.

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Earthquakes, burning of the quarters, and warfare among the planets occur; / a comet is seen in the sky, and the sun shakes. / A dark fissure is seen upon the sun; / a river flows backward and carries blood; / singing is heard from the sky, and a roaring sound is produced. / All such phenomena are portents; their expiations are prescribed: / In every house there should be a propitiatory rite, sacrifice and propitiatory offering to the ancestors, / gifting, continuous recitation [of mantras] to Rudra, worship of animals and the Sun, / a rite of a hundred thousand oblations, a rite of ten million oblations, and oblations of dūrvā grass by the domestic priest. / The gifting of cows, land, gold, garments, grain, and sesame seeds brings auspiciousness; / milk porridge, curds, milk, and ghee should be given to the learned brahmins at the meal. / Then, having offered the concluding full oblation, he should procure dūrvā grass, darbha grass, śamī, vīraṇa, clarified butter, mustard seeds, priyaṅgu, apāmārga, sesame, barley, paddy, and firewood sticks. Having bathed and smeared the sacrificial ground, the caru offerings—boiled rice, rice-and-lentil mash, barley grains, roasted grain flour, milk porridge, curds, honey, and ghee—are placed separately according to ritual procedure. Having kindled the fire, he should offer milk porridge for all of them with: 'indraṃ viśvā avīvṛdhan…', 'nāke suparṇam…', 'varuṇasyottambhanam asi…', 'abhi tvā devaṃ savitāram…', 'agniṃ dūtaṃ vṛṇīmahe…', 'idaṃ viṣṇur…', 'viśvataścakṣuḥ…', 'gaurīr mimāya…', 'kāṇḍāt kāṇḍāt…', 'dhruvāsi dhruvo 'yam…', 'yo jānāti na yajñāyante…', 'ihaiva staṃ mā vi yauṣṭam…', 'punaḥ patnīm agnir adād āyuṣā saha varcasā / dīrghāyur asyāḥ patir jīvātu śaradaḥ śatam'. / Thus end the propitiatory rites for portents declared in the Devīpurāṇa, as cited in the Madanaratna.

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