समेध आशास्तिभिश् च अभिगतानाम् अङ्ग विद्यया शिष्य संज्ञाभिश् च कर्माण्य् अभिजने अवसितान्य् आदिशेत् अल्प लाभम् अग्नि दाहं चोर भयं दूष्य वधं तुष्टि दानं विदेश प्रवृत्ति ज्ञानम्, "इदम् अद्य श्वो वा भविष्यति, इदं वा राजा करिष्यति" इति ॥
Regarding those persons who, desirous of knowing their future, throng to him, he may, through palmistry, foretell such future events as he can ascertain by the nods and signs of his disciples (angavidyayá sishyasanjnábhischa) concerning the works of highborn people of the country,--viz., small profits, destruction by fire, fear from robbers, the execution of the seditious, rewards for the good, forecast of foreign affairs (videsa pravrittivijnánam), saying, “this will happen to-day, that to-morrow.
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