Matsya Purana 243.11

243.11

kva yāsi tiṣṭha mā gaccha kinte tatra gatasya tu.
anye śabdāśca ye niṣṭhāḥ te vipattikarā api .. 243.10 ..

Matsya said—The following are the bad omens at the time of a journey, viz the sight of useless medicinal herbs scattered, black grain, cotton hay, dried up cowdung firewood cinders molasses, oil, dirty men covered with oil, naked men poor head dress men with loose hair, diseased men, hermit clad in red, coloured robes, mad man distressed person eunuch, Châṇḍâla, iron mud hide, refuse, fowler, sinner, pregnant women husks ashes skulls broken utensils, utensils stained with blood Just before sunrise at the Brâhma Muhûrta if an indistinct sound is heard in front or a loud sound of a broken vessel letting waters flow in a stream be heard, it is auspicious, but if the sound be heard from the back, it is inauspicious ' Go if such a sound is heard in front it is auspi cious, “go” on the other hand is most inauspicious, if it comes from the back “Where do you go.” “Do not go’ “Stay” “what use in going there,” these are all inauspicious words and indicate danger —2 10