Charak Samhita
तृणकाष्ठतुषाङ्गारं स्पृशन्तो लोष्टमश्म च। तत्पूर्वदर्शने दूता व्याहरन्ति मुमूर्षताम् ॥२०॥
broom, ponding stick, winnowing basket cinders, loosened bits of leather from shoes, straw, ash of half burnt sticks, loaf of a mud and pebbles of stones -is seriously inauspicious sign for concerned patient’s life
english translation
tRNakASThatuSAGgAraM spRzanto loSTamazma ca। tatpUrvadarzane dUtA vyAharanti mumUrSatAm ॥20॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript