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Mahabharat

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व्यास उवाच । खरा गोषु प्रजायन्ते रमन्ते मातृभिः सुताः । अनार्तवं पुष्पफलं दर्शयन्ति वने द्रुमाः॥६-३-१॥

Vyāsa said: Donkeys are being born among cows; offspring engage in improper intimacy with their mothers; and in the forest, trees display flowers and fruits out of season.

english translation

गर्भिण्यो राजपुत्र्यश्च जनयन्ति विभीषणान् । क्रव्यादान्पक्षिणश्चैव गोमायूनपरान्मृगान्॥६-३-२॥

Pregnant princesses give birth to terrifying beings; and birds that feed on flesh, as well as jackals and other wild animals, are being born.

english translation

त्रिविषाणाश्चतुर्नेत्राः पञ्चपादा द्विमेहनाः । द्विशीर्षाश्च द्विपुच्छाश्च दंष्ट्रिणः पशवोऽशिवाः॥६-३-३॥

Inauspicious animals are born with three horns, four eyes, five feet, and double organs; some are two-headed and two-tailed, and some are tusked.

english translation

जायन्ते विवृतास्याश्च व्याहरन्तोऽशिवा गिरः । त्रिपदाः शिखिनस्तार्क्ष्याश्चतुर्दंष्ट्रा विषाणिनः॥६-३-४॥

Creatures are born with gaping mouths, uttering inauspicious cries; peacocks and Tārkṣya-birds appear three-footed, and horned beings arise bearing four tusks.

english translation

तथैवान्याश्च दृश्यन्ते स्त्रियश्च ब्रह्मवादिनाम् । वैनतेयान्मयूरांश्च जनयन्त्यः पुरे तव॥६-३-५॥

Likewise, other anomalies are seen: in your city, the women of sages who speak of Brahman are giving birth to Vainateya-birds and to peacocks.

english translation