Matsya Purana 233: adhyāyaḥ 233

233.1

śāntividhānavarṇanam.

Garga said :—There is always fear of a famine by excess of rain as well as by drought or want of rain. Copious rain at an improper time (other than the rainy season) is dangerous. Rain without clouds means death of a sovereign and the weather getting warm and cold at unusual times means danger to the sovereign from his foes.—1-2.

233.2

garga uvāca.
ativṛṣṭiranāvṛṣṭi durbhikṣādi bhayaṃ matam.
anṛtau tu divānantā vṛṣṭirjñeyā bhayānakā .. 233.1 ..

233.3

anabhre vaikṛtāścaiva vijñeyā rājamṛtyave.
śītoṣṇānāṃ viparyāse nṛpāṇāṃ ripujaṃ bhayam .. 233.2 ..

233.4

śoṇitaṃ varṣate yatra tatra śastrabhayambhavet.
aṅgārapāṃsu varṣeṣu nagarantadvinaśyati .. 233.3 ..

Where there is a downpour of blood, there is always fear from weapons and war, and the city where there is a rain of dust and cinders perishes.—3.

233.5

majjāsthisnehamāṃsānāṃ janamārabhayambhavet.
phalaṃ puṣpantathā dhānyaṃ pareṇātibhayāya tu .. 233.4 ..

Showers of marrow, bones, oily substances mean the increase in the death rate of men. Showers of fruits, flowers, grain mean a great danger and a downpour of dust, stones and small beings indicate the approach of an epidemic and a shower of bored grains foretells the loss of agricultural prospects.—4-5.

233.6

pāṃsujantu phalānāñca varṣato rogajaṃ bhayam.
chidrevānnapravarṣeṇa sasyānāṃ bhītivarddhanam .. 233.5 ..

233.7

virajaske ravau vyabhre yadā cchāyā na dṛśyate.
dṛśyate tu pratīpā vā tatra deśabhayambhavet .. 233.6 ..

If there be no shadow seen while the sun shines brilliantly, there being no clouds or dust in the sky, it means ill luck to the country.—6.

233.8

nirabhre vātha rātrau vā śvetaṃ yāmyottareṇa tu.
indrāyudhaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā ulkāpātaṃ tathaiva ca .. 233.7 ..

If a rainbow is visible towards the north-west during the night in the absence of clouds, if meteors shoot, and the directions become unusually red, and the Gandharva regions are visible and the Sun and Moon surrounded by halos, then there is sure to happen some unrest in the land and fear from some foreign power.—7-8.

233.9

digdāhaparivaiṣau ca gandharvanagarantathā.
paracakra-bhayaṃ brūyāddeśopadravameva ca .. 233.8 ..

233.10

sūryyenduparjanyasamīraṇānāṃ yāgastu kāryo vidhivad dvijendra!
dhanāni gauḥ kāñcanadakṣiṇā ca deyā dvijānāmaghanāśahetoḥ .. 233.9 ..

To avert these ills, sacrifices should be performed in the name of the Sun, the Moon and the Wind and money, cows, and gold should be given to Brāhmaṇas.