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# Brāhmaṇa of portents 4.1

Adbhutabrāhmaṇa 4.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adbhuta.4.1)

durbhixam anávṛishtyám, ativṛishtyám xudbhayam saparacakram।  
rogo hy anṛitubhaváyám, nṛipativadho 'nabhrajátáyám ॥ 38 ॥  
çítoshṇaviparyáse no samyag ṛitushu sampravṛitteshu।  
shaṇmásád ráshṭrabhayam rogabhayam daivajanitam ca ॥ 39 ॥  
anyartau saptáhát prabandhavarshe pradhánanṛipamaraṇam।  
rakte çastrodyogo, máṅsásthivasádibhir marakam ॥ 40 ॥  
dhányahiraṇyatvakphalakusumádyair varshitair bhayam vidyát।  
aṅgárapáṅçuvarshe vináçam áyáti tan nagaram ॥ 41 ॥  
upalá viná jaladharair vikṛitá vá práṇino yadá vṛishṭáḥ।  
chidram vápy ativṛishṭau sasyánám ítisamjananam ॥ 42 ॥  
xíraghṛitaxaudráṇám dadhno rudhiroshṇaváriṇám varshe।  
deçavináço jneyo 'sṛigvarshe cá 'pi nṛipayuddham ॥ 43 ॥  
yady amale 'rke cháyá na dṛiçyate, dṛiçyate pratípá vá।  
deçasya tadá sumahad bhayam áyátam vinirdeçyam ॥ 44 ॥  
vyabhre nabhasi suradhanur divá yadá dṛiçyate 'thavá rátrau।  
prácyám aparasyám vá tadá bhavet xudbhayam sumahat ॥ 45 ॥  
súryenduparjanyasamíraṇánám yogaḥ smṛito vṛishṭivikárakále।  
dhányánnagokáṅcanadaxiṇáç ca deyás, tataḥ çántim upaiti pápam ॥46॥  
sa divamanvāvartate 'tha yadāsya tārāvarṣāṇi colkāḥ patanti nipatanti  
dhūmāyanti diśo dahyanti ketavaścottiṣṭhanti gavāṃ śṛṅgeṣu dhūmo jāyate gavāṃ  
staneṣu rudhiraṃ sravatyanyadvā himaṃ nipatatītyevamādīni tānyetāni sāmadevatyānyadbhutāni bhavanti somaṃ rājānaṃ varuṇamiti sthālīpākaṃ hutvā pañcā''hutīti  
somāya svāhā nakṣatrādhipataye svāhā śītapāṇaye svāhetyerāya gāyet

### [4.1.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adbhuta.4.1.p1)

sa paraṃ divamanvāvartate 'tha yadāsyānuktāni yānāni pravartante devatāyatanāni kampante devatapratimā hasanti gāyanti nṛtyanti sphuṭanti svidyantyunmīlanti nimīlanti pratiprayānti nadyaḥ kabandhamāditye dṛśyate vinnale ca  
pariviṣyate ketupatākachattravajraviṣāṇāni prajvalantyaśvānāṃ ca vāladhīṃśvaṅgāraḥ  
kṣaraṇtpahatāni marmāṇi kanikrandanta 'ityevamādīni tānyetāni sarvāṇi viṣṇudaivatyānyahutāni prāyaścittāni bhavantīdaṃ viṣṇurvicakrama 'iti sthālīpāka hutvā pañcabhirvyāhṛtibhirbhirjuhoti viṣṇave svāhā sarvabhūtādhipataye  
svāhā cakrapāṇaye svāheśvarāya svāhā sarvapāpaśamanāya svāheti vyāhṛtibhirhutvātha sāma gāyet  
khananāddahanādvimarśanādgobhirākramaṇācca (¹)  
caturbhiḥ śudhyate bhūmiḥ pañcamāccopalepanāt  
sambhārānpradakṣiṇamānīya brāhmaṇāṃtsvastivācayetaḥ sambhārairyadapaspṛṣṭaṃ tadabhyukṣaihāmyati hvā 'to brāhmaṇabhojana hiraṇyaṃ gaurvāso 'śvo bhūmirdakṣiṇā

### [4.1.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.adbhuta.4.1.p2)

iti śāmyati hvā 'taḥ śāntyarthaḥ śāntyarthaḥ ||10

## Linked texts (1)

- [Ṣaḍviṃśabrāhmaṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.veda.brahmana.sadvimsa.96.1-2.p1) — Sanskrit

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