If the horse be found to neigh much during sleep or to flap its tail, there will be travel. If it be found to drop the hair of its tail or to neigh piteously or fearfully or to eat dust, there will be misery.
If the horse be found to lie on its right side like a box stretching its right leg, there will be success. All that has been said about the horse applies also to other animals used for riding.
आरोहति क्षितिपतौ विनयौपपन्नो यात्राअनुगो अन्यतुरगं प्रतिह्रेषते च । वक्त्रेण वा स्पृशति दक्षिणं आत्मपार्श्वं यो अश्वः स भर्तुरचिरात्प्रचिनोति लक्ष्मीम् ॥ ९३-१३ ॥
If, when the king begins to get on his back, the horse be found to be quiet and obedient and to neigh turning to another horse (aśva) or touch his right side with his mouth, immediate good fortune is indicated.
मुहुर्मुहुर्मूत्रशकृत्करोति न ताड्यमानो अप्यनुलोमयायी । अकार्यभीतो अश्रुविलोचनश्च शिवं न भर्तुस्तुरगो अभिधत्ते ॥ ९३-१४ ॥
If the horse he found to pass excrement or urine often, or to refuse to move even when whipped or to get frightened for no apparent cause or to shed tears, the master will suffer miseries.
Thus have been described omens connected with the horse. We shall now proceed to treat of omens connected with the elephant—the cutting, breaking etc. of the tusk especially.
If the horse be found to neigh much during sleep or to flap its tail, there will be travel. If it be found to drop the hair of its tail or to neigh piteously or fearfully or to eat dust, there will be misery.
If the horse be found to lie on its right side like a box stretching its right leg, there will be success. All that has been said about the horse applies also to other animals used for riding.
आरोहति क्षितिपतौ विनयौपपन्नो यात्राअनुगो अन्यतुरगं प्रतिह्रेषते च । वक्त्रेण वा स्पृशति दक्षिणं आत्मपार्श्वं यो अश्वः स भर्तुरचिरात्प्रचिनोति लक्ष्मीम् ॥ ९३-१३ ॥
If, when the king begins to get on his back, the horse be found to be quiet and obedient and to neigh turning to another horse (aśva) or touch his right side with his mouth, immediate good fortune is indicated.
मुहुर्मुहुर्मूत्रशकृत्करोति न ताड्यमानो अप्यनुलोमयायी । अकार्यभीतो अश्रुविलोचनश्च शिवं न भर्तुस्तुरगो अभिधत्ते ॥ ९३-१४ ॥
If the horse he found to pass excrement or urine often, or to refuse to move even when whipped or to get frightened for no apparent cause or to shed tears, the master will suffer miseries.
Thus have been described omens connected with the horse. We shall now proceed to treat of omens connected with the elephant—the cutting, breaking etc. of the tusk especially.