If the dog be seen to kiss or smell the left knee, there will be gain of wealth; if it be seen to kiss the right knee, there will be quarrel with women; if it be seen to kiss the left thigh, there will be sensual enjoyment and if it be seen to kiss the right thigh, there will be enmity between friends.
If the dog be seen to kiss the feet, the traveller will be stopped in his journey; but a person who does not travel will gain the object of his desire. If the dog (śvan) be seen to kiss the shoes of a person, that person will soon begin to travel.
उभयोरपि जिघ्रणे हि बाह्वोर् विज्ञेयो रिपुचौरसम्प्रयोगः । अथ भस्मनि गोपयीत भक्षान् मांसास्थीनि च शीघ्रं अग्निकोपः ॥ ८९-१३ ॥
If the dog be seen to kiss both the arms, there will be suffering from enemies and robbers and if it be seen to conceal in a heap of rubbish, flesh, bones, or any eatables, there will be immediate fear from destructive fires.
If the dog be seen to bark first in the village and then in the village cremation ground, the chief person of the village will die and if it be seen to bark towards a traveller, it stops his journey.
If the dog be seen to howl with the sound of the letter U on the left side there will be gain of wealth; if with the sound of the long vowel O on the left side, there will also be gain of wealth; if with the sound of the letter AU on the left side, there will be ridicule; and if it be seen to howl in any sound from behind, the traveller will meet with obstacles.