Atharvavedaparishishta 63.2

English (machine translation) 63.2

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63.2.1

in dark mist and darkness, when the disc is naturally overwhelmed, / scattered with aerial modifications, covered in sparks, inauspicious;

63.2.2

irregular, devoid of gloss, with broken and foul clouds, / and appearing mostly at the three twilight junctions;

63.2.3

or covering two or three lunar mansions, or covering half a lunar mansion, / or being watched by burning or crying beasts and birds—

63.2.4

During a halo, one should know that imminent danger for kings and others / approaches within seven nights, terrifying on account of thieves, weapons, fire, and death.

63.2.5

Smoky, variegated, madder-red, red, yellow, and black in appearance, / it becomes a turbid circle on one side in form.

63.2.6

And surrounded on all sides by a thin web, / it repeatedly undergoes dissolution and also reformation.

63.2.7

That [halo] is also to be known as wind-natured, with the sun soft and dim; / the halo yields little fruit, [while] wind and rain increase.

63.2.8

If, however, wind and rain do not arise within three nights, / the manifestation of floods, fires, and thieves occurs.

63.2.9

A meteor may be situated within the halo when there is a double ring; / with two, there is fear for the commander-in-chief; with three, fear for the crown prince.

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Atharvavedapariśiṣṭa — Sanskrit