Matsya Purana 236: adhyāyaḥ 236

236.1

śāntividhānavarṇanam.

Garga said :—It is a most unlucky sign when first class horses and other similar conveyances do not move in an orderly manner, when made to do so while they go regularly when not intended so A geat danger is sure to come.—1.

236.2

garga uvāca.
yānti yānānyayuktāni yuktānyapi na yānti ca.
codyamānāni tatra syāt mahadbhayamupasthitam .. 236.1 ..

236.3

vāhyamānā na vāhyante vāhyante nātyanāhatāḥ.
acalāśca calantyeva na calanti calāni ca .. 236.2 ..

The drums and other sounding instruments not giving any sound when beat or struck or emitting sounds without being struck, the moving of the immovables, the not going of the movable objects when made to move, the sound of the drums, etc., coming from the sky as well as the singing of the Gandharvas, the wooden ladles, axes, etc undergoing unusual changes, cows fighting among themselves with their tails cocked up and women kill women and changes occur in young ones, these indicate a war.—2-4.

236.4

ākāśe tūryanādaśca gītagandharvanisvanāḥ.
kāṣṭhadarvī-kuṭhārādi vikāraṃ kurute yadi .. 236.3 ..

236.5

gāvo lāṃgūlasaṅghaiśca striyaḥ strī ca vighātayet.
upaskarādi vikṛtau ghoraṃ śastrabhayambhavet .. 236.4 ..

236.6

vāyostu pūjaṃ dvijasaktubhiśca kṛtvā niyuktāṃśca japecca mantrān.
dadyāt prabhūtaṃ paramānnamatra sadakṣiṇantena śamo'sya bhūyāt .. 236.5 ..

Brâhmanas should be made to worship Lord Vâyu with barley meal and the head should be turned on the formula sacred to Vâyu Afterwards presents should be given to Brâhmanas and they should be fed with Paramânna and be given fees in abundance.—5.