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अथातः पुष्पितकमिन्द्रियं व्याख्यास्यामह ॥१॥
Now We shall expound the chapter "Pushpitakam Indriyam"(Fatal signs of Tactile and Olfactory perception).
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इति ह स्माह भगवानात्रेयः ॥२॥
Thus said Lord Atreya. [Note: The chapter deals with features of odor and taste indicating impending death.]
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पुष्पं यथा पूर्वरूपं फलस्येह भविष्यतः। तथा लिङ्गमरिष्टाख्यं पूर्वरूपं मरिष्यतः ॥३॥
[Definition of Arishta (fatal signs)] Similarly as a flower predicts the future growth of a fruit, appearance of various types of arishta lakshanas denote the impending death.
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अप्येवं तु भवेत् पुष्पं फलेनाननुबन्धि यत्। फलं चापि भवेत् किञ्चिद्यस्य पुष्पं न पूर्वजम् ॥४॥
[Importance of Arishta (fatal signs)] The flower may sometimes be devoid of fruits and sometimes even the fruits may be produced without being preceded by flowers.
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न त्वरिष्टस्य जातस्य नाशोऽस्ति मरणादृते। मरणं चापि तन्नास्ति यन्नारिष्टपुरःसरम् ॥५॥
But once an arishta manifests, it doesn’t depart without ensuing in death. Conversely, death can not occur without earlier manifestation of arishta.
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