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कृत्तिकासु ग्रहस्तीव्रो नक्षत्रे प्रथमे ज्वलन् । वपूंष्यपहरन्भासा धूमकेतुरिव स्थितः॥६-३-२६॥
A fierce graha blazed in Kṛttikā, the first nakṣatra; by its radiance it seemed to carry off bodies and vitality, standing like a comet.
english translation
त्रिषु पूर्वेषु सर्वेषु नक्षत्रेषु विशां पते । बुधः संपततेऽभीक्ष्णं जनयन्सुमहद्भयम्॥६-३-२७॥
O lord of the people, Budha (Mercury) repeatedly ‘fell’ in anomalous motion among all three Pūrvā nakṣatras, generating very great fear.
english translation
चतुर्दशीं पञ्चदशीं भूतपूर्वां च षोडशीम् । इमां तु नाभिजानामि अमावास्यां त्रयोदशीम्॥६-३-२८॥
I recognize the fourteenth, the fifteenth, and even the previously known sixteenth tithi; but I do not recognize this—an amāvāsyā (new moon) occurring on the thirteenth, an abnormal calendrical sign.
english translation
चन्द्रसूर्यावुभौ ग्रस्तावेकमासे त्रयोदशीम् । अपर्वणि ग्रहावेतौ प्रजाः संक्षपयिष्यतः॥६-३-२९॥
In a single month, on the thirteenth day, both Moon and Sun were seized by the graha (eclipse). These eclipses, occurring on an inauspicious day outside the sacred calendar, were to bring about the wasting of the people.
english translation
रजोवृता दिशः सर्वाः पांसुवर्षैः समन्ततः । उत्पातमेघा रौद्राश्च रात्रौ वर्षन्ति शोणितम्॥६-३-३०॥
All directions were shrouded in dust, with showers of fine particles falling on every side. At night, ominous and fierce clouds were said to rain down blood.
english translation