Astanga Hrudaya
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प्रशस्ताः कीर्तने कोलगोधाहिशशजाहकाः । न दर्शने न विरुते वानरर्क्षावतोऽन्यथा ॥ २६ ॥
Inauspicious omens based on the sight and sounds made by certain animals on the way to patient’s home : Hearing the voice of the boar, lizard, snake, rabbit and chameleon is auspicious, while their look and weeping is not so; whereas those of the monkey and dear is otherwise (their look is auspicious and their voice is inauspicious) .
english translation
prazastAH kIrtane kolagodhAhizazajAhakAH । na darzane na virute vAnararkSAvato'nyathA ॥ 26 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptधनुरैन्द्रं च लालाटमशुभं शुभमन्यतः । अग्निपूर्णानि पात्राणि भिन्नानि विशिखानि च ॥ २७ ॥
Inauspicious omens based on the sight of rainbow and fire filled pots on the way to patient’s home : Seeing the rainbow in front is inauspicious whereas at other places (back or on the sides) is auspicious; seeing pots filled with fire, which are broken and which are empty is inauspicious.
english translation
dhanuraindraM ca lAlATamazubhaM zubhamanyataH । agnipUrNAni pAtrANi bhinnAni vizikhAni ca ॥ 27 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptदध्यक्षतादि निर्गच्चद्वक्ष्यमाणं च मङ्गलम् । वैद्यो मरिष्यतां वेश्म प्रविशन्नेव पश्यति ॥ २८ ॥
Grahapravesa nimitta – omen at the house of the patient : Curd, rice grains used for auspicious rites etc (flowers, perfumes, turmeric, camphor) and such other auspicious things being brought out (of the patient’s house at the time when the physician enters the house) is seen by the physician only on entering the house of the patient who is going to die.
english translation
dadhyakSatAdi nirgaccadvakSyamANaM ca maGgalam । vaidyo mariSyatAM vezma pravizanneva pazyati ॥ 28 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptदूतादि असाधुदृष्ट्वैवं त्यजेत् आर्तं अतो अन्यथा । करुणाशुद्धसन्तानो यत्नतः तं उपाचरेत् ॥ २९ ॥
Conditions for treating and rejecting the patient on the availability and non-availability of inauspicious omens : Having witnessed inauspicious omens such as the messenger etc (described so far) the physician should reject such a patient, but in other conditions (on seeing auspicious ones) he should treat the patient with compassion and good will, with all efforts.
english translation
dUtAdi asAdhudRSTvaivaM tyajet ArtaM ato anyathA । karuNAzuddhasantAno yatnataH taM upAcaret ॥ 29 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript