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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 10 · Yatra and Omens
यात्रा शकुनाश्च
क्षीरं तिलोदनं भुक्त्वा भानुवारादिषु क्रमात् ।कुल्माषांश्च तिलान्नं च दधि क्षौद्रं घृतं पयः ॥ ६८१ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 56, verse 681.
milk, and sesame rice. Eat these in order on the weekdays, starting from Sunday. Foods for the stars, from Ashvini: boiled beans, sesame rice, curd, honey, ghee, milk,
Simple meaning: Each weekday from Sunday has its food. Then a food for each star begins: beans, sesame rice, curd, honey, ghee.
मृगमांसं च तत्सारं पायसं च खगं मृगम् ।
The star foods go on: deer meat, broth, milk-rice, bird and hare meat, rice, millet and cakes.
चित्रांडजफलं कूर्मश्वाविद्गोधांश्च शास्वकम् ।
The star foods go on: bird, tortoise, porcupine and iguana meat, rice dishes and barley cakes.
मत्स्यान्नं च विचित्रान्नं दध्यन्नं दस्रभात्क्रमात् ।
Each star from Ashvini has its food. Eating it, the king marches with his army and beats his foes.