If the crow be seen to cry holding in its mouth a white flower, an impure substance or flesh, there will be gain of wealth to the traveller: if it be seen to cry with its head raised and striking its wings on its sides, there will be obstacles in the way.
यदि शृङ्खलां वरत्रां वल्लीं वाआदाय वाशते बन्धः । पाषाणस्थे च भयं क्लिष्टापूर्वाध्विकयुतिश्च ॥ ९५-४२ ॥
If the crow be seen to cry holding in its mouth a string, a strap of leather, or a twining creeper, there will be imprisonment and if it be seen to cry from a stone, there will be a meeting with a new traveller who has suffered much from foot-journey.
If crows be seen to exchange food with one another, there will be great happiness, if the male and the female crows be heard to cry together, there will be the gain of a woman.
If the crow (vāyasa) be seen to cry from a well-filled water pot on the head of a woman, there will be the gain of a woman or wealth; if it be seen to strike the pot with its feet, the person’s son will meet with danger; and if it be seen to pass excrement into the pot, there will be the gain of meals.
If, when an army begins to encamp in a place, the crow be seen to cry striking its wings on its sides, the army will meet with success in some other place; and if it be seen to cry without moving its wings, there will be only fear and nothing serious will happen.