Agnipurana 229

English (machine translation) 229

Language: English

229.1 — 1 part
229.12 — 2 parts
229.13 — 3 parts

229.1

Puṣkara said: / Medicines properly prepared, and black grain is inauspicious; / cotton, dry grass, cow dung, and riches;

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229.2

Charcoal, jaggery and resin, a shaven-headed person anointed with oil, a naked person, / iron, mud, hide, hair, a madman, and a eunuch;

229.3

Caṇḍālas, dog-cookers, and the like, men who are prison guards, / a pregnant woman, widows, oil-cake and the like, and a corpse;

229.4

Chaff, ashes, skulls, bones, and broken vessels are inauspicious; / an inauspicious instrumental sound is harsh, fearful, and shrill.

229.5

The sound 'Come!' in front is praised, but not behind; / the sound 'Go!' behind is excellent, but censured in front.

229.6

Thus ends the two hundred and twenty-ninth chapter, called 'The Chapter on Auspicious Omens', in the Great Purāṇa of Agni.

229.7

The stumbling of mounts, the breaking of weapons, / striking the head on doors and the like, and the falling of an umbrella, garment, and the like:

229.8

By worshipping and praising Hari, inauspiciousness is destroyed; / but having seen a second contrary [omen] thereafter, one should enter the house.

229.9

White flowers are best; a full pitcher is most excellent; / meat, fish, sounds from afar, one old animal, namely a goat;

229.10

Cows, horses, elephants, a deity, and a blazing fire; / dūrvā grass, moist cow dung, a courtesan, gold, silver, and jewels;

229.11

Sweet flag, white mustard, medicinal herbs, kidney beans, weapons, swords, / an umbrella, a throne, a royal insignia, a corpse unaccompanied by weeping;

229.12

Fruit, ghee, curds, milk, unbroken rice grains, a mirror, honey, / a conch shell, sugarcane, auspicious speech, cooked rice, musical instruments, and singing;