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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 10 · Yatra and Omens
यात्रा शकुनाश्च
चत्वारिंशद्वादशैव प्रस्थितः स स्वयं गतः ।दिनान्येकत्र न वसेत्सप्तषट् वा परो जनः ॥ ६९६ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 56, verse 696.
Or forty, or just twelve dandas. One who has set out this way has gone himself. He should not stay seven days in one place, or six for another person.
Simple meaning: Sending your things ahead counts as setting out. Do not then stay a week in one place.
पंचरात्रं च पुरतः पुनर्लग्नांतरे व्रजेत् ।
After a halt of five nights, he can go again in another lagna. Do not go in unseasonal storms.
उत्पातेषु त्रिविधेषु सप्तरात्रं तु न व्रजेत् ।
After unseasonal storms or other strange omens, wait seven nights before leaving.
वाराहशशगोधास्तु सर्पाणां कीर्तनं शुभम् ।
Naming a boar, hare, iguana or snake is good; hearing or seeing them is not. Monkey and bear: the reverse.