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गोवत्सं वडवा सूते श्वा सृगालं महीपते । क्रकराञ्शारिकाश्चैव शुकांश्चाशुभवादिनः॥६-३-६॥
A mare gives birth to a calf; a dog gives birth to a jackal, O lord of the earth; and krakara-birds, mynas, and parrots speak inauspicious words.
english translation
स्त्रियः काश्चित्प्रजायन्ते चतस्रः पञ्च कन्यकाः । ता जातमात्रा नृत्यन्ति गायन्ति च हसन्ति च॥६-३-७॥
Some women give birth to four or five daughters at once; and those girls, immediately upon birth, dance, sing, and laugh.
english translation
पृथग्जनस्य कुडकाः स्तनपाः स्तेनवेश्मनि । नृत्यन्ति परिगायन्ति वेदयन्तो महद्भयम्॥६-३-८॥
Infants still at the breast, belonging to ordinary people, dance and sing about in a thief’s house, conveying great fear.
english translation
प्रतिमाश्चालिखन्त्यन्ये सशस्त्राः कालचोदिताः । अन्योन्यमभिधावन्ति शिशवो दण्डपाणयः । उपरुन्धन्ति कृत्वा च नगराणि युयुत्सवः॥६-३-९॥
Driven by the pressure of Time, some fashion images and figures as though armed; children, sticks in hand, rush at one another, and—eager for contest—build mock towns and then lay them under blockade.
english translation
पद्मोत्पलानि वृक्षेषु जायन्ते कुमुदानि च । विष्वग्वाताश्च वान्त्युग्रा रजो न व्युपशाम्यति॥६-३-१०॥
Lotuses and water-lilies appear upon trees, and night-lotuses as well; fierce winds blow in all directions, and the dust does not settle.
english translation