Matsya Purana 240.9

240.9

jvalantī ca tathaivolkā diśaṃ yāñca prapadyate.
bhūkampolkā diśaṃ yāti yāñcaketuḥ prasūyate .. 240.8 ..

He should set out to the direction that gets unusually red where there are myriads of falling meteors, or thunderbolts when there has been an earthquake, and meteors come out of the earth when a comet is visible He should also go to fight against the country when people lead a vicious life where there are too many flies and insects, where the king is addicted to some particular hobby and is oblivious of his affairs where the people are atheists and disrespectful, the country that is under the rage of diseases, plague or famine He should certainly encounter foe upset with rage A king is undoubtedly victorious when he invades the country of the infidels of the thoughtless and of those who have bad generals in the army Where the people are divided against themselves—8 13 \