Matsya Purana 231: adhyāyaḥ 231

231.1

śāntividhānavarṇanam

Garga said:—The country where the burning takes place without fire and fuel and where fuel fails to produce it, is sure to be harassed by some foreigners.—1

231.2

garga uvāca.
anagnirdīpyate yatra rāṣṭre yasya nirandhanaḥ.
na dīpyate cendhanavān tadrāṣṭraṃ pīḍyate nṛpaiḥ .. 231.1 ..

231.3

prajvaledapsu māṃsaṃ vā tathārdraṃ vāpi kiñcana.
prākāraṃ toraṇaṃ dvāraṃ nṛpaveśma surālayam .. 231.2 ..

Where flesh is cooked only in water, where a part of a kingdom is burnt, where forts, gateways, palaces temples, catch fire or be struck by lightning, the sovereign is in danger.—2-3

231.4

etāni yatra dīpyante tatra rājño bhayaṃ bhavet.
vidyutā vā pradahyante tadāpi nṛpaterbhayam .. 231.3 ..

231.5

anaiśāni tamāṃsi syurvinā pāṃsurajāṃsi ca.
dhūmaścānagnijo yatra tatra vindyanmahābhayam .. 231.4 ..

Where darkness pervades during the day, the sky becomes covered with dust without a duststorm smoke pervades without fire, great calamity befalls there.—4

231.6

taḍittvanabhre gagane bhayaṃ syādṛkṣavarjite.
divā satāre gagane tathaiva bhayamādiśet .. 231.5 ..

Where flashes of lightning are visible without clouds, stars are visible during the day time, great ills are sure to happen.—5

231.7

grahanakṣatra-vaikṛtye tārāviṣamadarśane.
puruvāhana-yāneṣu catuṣpānmṛgapakṣiṣu .. 231.6 ..

When stars, planets become mortified and lose their colour or positions, where the stars become unusually mortified, where quadruped deer and birds are seen in cities, Vâhanas and conveyances, where fiery weapons become pale, where wealth is being taken away from the Treasury, one should infer that great battle is sure to ensue.—6-7

231.8

āyudheṣu ca dīpteṣu dhūmāyatsu tathaiva ca.
nirgamatsu ca kośācca saṃgrāmastumulo bhavet .. 231.7 ..

231.9

vināgniṃ visphuliṅgāśca dṛśyante yatra kutracit.
svabhāvāccāpi pūryante dhanūṃṣiṃ vikṛtāni ca .. 231.8 ..

Where without fire, sparks appear anywhere, where arrows are fixed in bows in an unusual way, where weapons get deranged, war is sure to ensue. When these bad omens appear, the royal priest should fast for three days and pour offerings of sesamum and ghee into the fire kindled up by the wood of milky trees and afterwards the Brâhmaṇas should be fed and given gold, cloths lands which will then avert all the calamities that befall by the rage of fire.—8-11

231.10

vikāraścāyudhānaṃ syāt tatra saṃgrāmamādiśet.
trirātro poṣitaścātra purodhāḥ susamāhitaḥ .. 231.9 ..

231.11

samidbhiḥ kṣīravṛkṣāṇāṃ sarṣapaiśca ghṛtena ca.
homaṃ kuryādagnimantraiḥ brāhmaṇāṃścaiva bhojayet .. 231.10 ..

231.12

dadyātsuvarṇañca tathā dvijebhyo gāścaiva vastrāṇi tathā bhuvañca.
evaṃ kṛte pāpamupaiti nāśaṃ yadagni-vaikṛtyabhavaṃ dvijendra! .. 231.11 ..