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Agni Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 7 · Portents
उत्पाताः
देवतार्चाः प्रनृत्यन्ति वेपन्ते प्रज्वलन्ति च ।आरटन्ति च रोदन्ति प्रस्विद्यन्ते हसन्ति च ॥ १५ ॥
In the full Agni Purana this is chapter 263, verse 15.
Images of the gods dance, tremble, blaze, cry out, weep, sweat and laugh.
Simple meaning: Images of the gods dance, shake, blaze, cry, weep, sweat or laugh.
न दीप्यते चेन्धनवांस्तद्राष्ट्रं पीड्यते नृपैः ।
A fire that will not blaze even with fuel means kings will oppress the land. Fire mantras are the remedy.
अकाले फलिता वृक्षाः क्षीरं रक्तं स्रवन्ति च ।
Trees fruiting out of season or oozing milk or blood are portents. Worship Shiva to calm them.
अतिवृष्टिरनावृष्टिर्दुर्भिक्षायोभयं मतम् ।
Too much rain, no rain, or rain lasting three days out of season can bring famine or fear.