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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 11 · Rain, Kurma Chakra, Utpata
वृष्टिः कूर्मचक्रम् उत्पाताश्च
महोल्कापतनं काष्ठतृणरक्तप्रवर्षणम् ।गांधर्वं देहदिग्धूमं भूमिकंपं दिवा निशि ॥ ७४९ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 56, verse 749.
A great meteor falls. Wood, grass or blood rains down. A Gandharva sight appears, and smoke on bodies and the directions. The earth shakes by day or night. (Our text is unclear here: 'smoke on bodies and the directions'.)
Simple meaning: A big meteor, a rain of wood, grass or blood, smoke in the directions and earthquakes are portents.
अनग्नौ च स्फुलिंगाश्च ज्वलनं च विनेंधनम् ।
Sparks without fire, burning without fuel, a rainbow and a frog at night, and a white crow on a peak are portents.
दृश्यंते विस्फुलिंगाश्च गोगजाश्वोष्ट्रगात्रतः ।
Sparks on cattle, elephants, horses and camels, and creatures born with two or three heads, are portents.
प्रातःसूर्याश्चतसृषु ह्यर्दितायुगपद्रवेः ।
Suns rising in four directions at dawn, jackals living in the village and comets are portents.