Agnipurana 227
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227.1
Puṣkara said:
When the king considers, “My rear enemy is overcome / by a stronger ally of the rear,” then he should undertake an expedition.
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“My warriors are nourished, my servants maintained, and my army is abundant;
I am capable of guarding the base”; having gone with them, he should enter the camp.
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Or he should march during an enemy’s misfortune, when the foe is oppressed by fate or the like,
towards the direction an earthquake goes, and [the direction] which a comet has afflicted,
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against an army that destroys the hated enemy and whose internal anger has arisen,
when there is an auspicious throbbing of the body and likewise upon seeing a good dream,
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and when an auspicious omen or bird-sign has occurred, he should advance toward the enemy's city.
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1 ga., gha., and ja. read "punarjitvā"
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2 "tair vṛtvā" is correct
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3 kha. and cha. read "sambhūtāntaḥkopadam"
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He should deploy an army rich in infantry and elephants in the rainy season;
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in early winter and late winter, one crowded with chariots and horses;
endowed with all four divisions of the army in the spring or at the beginning of autumn.
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An army abundant in infantry conquers enemies at all times.
Throbbing on the right side of the body is auspicious,
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but is not auspicious likewise on the left, on the back, or on the heart.
A mark, an eruption, and likewise a throbbing are to be understood [in this manner].
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In reverse it is declared [for women]: on the left side it is auspicious for women.
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Thus in the great Agni Purāṇa, the two hundred and twenty-seventh chapter, entitled “The Expedition.”
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Now the two hundred and twenty-eighth chapter.
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Chapter on Dreams
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