If the Ceṣṭā refers to the belly, the query relates to one’s mother; if to the head, then, to one’s preceptor; if to the right or left arm, then, respectively, to one’s brother or brothers’s wife.
If, after leaving the inner organs, the outer organs be touched, or if at the time of query, the querent drops down anything in his hand while ejecting phlegm or passing urine or excrement, the matter quested relates to theft.
भृशं अवनामिताङ्गपरिमोटनतो अप्यथ वा जनधृतरिक्तभाण्डं अवलोक्य च चौरजनम् । हृतपतितक्षतास्मृतविनष्टभग्नगत उन्मुषितमृतऽद्यनिष्टरवतो लभते न हृतम् ॥ ५१-२८ ॥
If any part of the body be greatly bent and then concealed, or if any person be seen to possess an empty vessel, the matter relates to thieves; if at the time of query, such expressions as “carried away,” “fallen,” “wounded,” “forgotten,” “lost,” “broken,” “gone,” “stolen,” "dead,” and the like be heard, then, the stolen property cannot be recovered.
If the husk of grain, bones or poison be seen, or if moaning and sneezing be heard, the sick man will die; if the wind should blow on one’s body and then carry away some heavy substance from within a room, judgment shall be pronounced that a person after eating to excess and being over satiated has died.
ललाटस्पर्शनात्शूकदर्शनात्शालिजौदनम् । उरःस्पर्शात्षष्टिक आख्यं ग्रीवास्पर्शे च यावकम् ॥ ५१-३० ॥
If the forehead be touched or barley be seen, then Śalya rice is indicated; if the breast be touched, then the Ṣaṣṭika rice is indicated; if the neck be touched, barley rice is indicated.