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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 10 · Yatra and Omens
यात्रा शकुनाश्च
गंधपुष्पाक्षतच्छत्रचामरांदोलिकं नृपः ।भक्ष्येक्षुफलमृत्स्नान्नमध्वाज्यदधिगोदयाः ॥ ७०७ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 56, verse 707.
Scent, flowers, whole rice grains, an umbrella, a whisk, a palanquin, a king; sweets, sugarcane, fruit, clay, food, honey, ghee, curd, and a giver of cows.
Simple meaning: Scent, flowers, rice grains, an umbrella, a king, sweets, honey, ghee and curd are good to see when leaving.
मद्यमांससुधाधौतवस्त्रशंखवृषध्वजाः ।
Liquor, meat, clean clothes, a conch, a bull, a full pot, jewels, cows and Brahmins are good signs.
भेरीमृदंगपटहघंटावीणादिनिःस्वनाः ।
Drum, bell and veena sounds, and Vedic or blessing sounds, bring success to those who set out.
सर्वदिक्षुक्षुतं नेष्टं गोक्षुतं निधनप्रदम् ।
A sneeze in any direction is not good. A cow's sneeze can mean risk to life. A child's sneeze does not count.