[Prognostic features of impending death and declining lifespan within a year] The person always (suffering from) with poor digestion, unstable or agitated mind, diminished luster, weak mental strength and restlessness goes to other world [dies] within a year.
When a person offers bali (an offering a piece of daily meal) to crow and it does not accept it this indicates of death within a year for the offering person.
सप्तर्षीणां समीपस्थां यो न पश्यत्यरुन्धतीम्| संवत्सरान्ते जन्तुः स सम्पश्यति महत्तमः ||५||
If a person is not able to see the star Arundhati situated adjacent to the constellation of Saptarshi (The Great Bear), he succumbs to death one year thereafter.