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Agni Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 5 · Omens
शकुनानि
श्वाविद्वृषभगोमायुवृककोकिलसारसाः ।तुरंगकौ पीननरा(?) गोधा ह्युभयचारिणः ॥ १९ ॥
In the full Agni Purana this is chapter 231, verse 19.
Porcupine, bull, jackal, wolf, koel, sarus crane, horse, unclear, monitor lizard: these move in both times. (Our text is unclear here: one word in the second line, shown in print as a question mark, cannot be read.)
Simple meaning: Porcupines, bulls, jackals, wolves, koels, horses and lizards move by day and night.
बलप्रस्थानयोः सर्वे पुरस्तात्संघचारिणः ।
In front of a marching army they bring victory. Behind it they bring death.
गृहाद्गम्य यदा चासो(षो) व्याहरन्पुरतः स्थितः ।
An Indian roller calling in front means an insult from the king. On the left, a quarrel and a meal.
याने तद्दर्शनं शस्तं सव्यमङ्गस्य वाऽप्यथ ।
Seeing an Indian roller on a journey is good. A peacock's broken cry warns of thieves.