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व्यास उवाच । प्रसन्नभाः पावक ऊर्ध्वरश्मिः प्रदक्षिणावर्तशिखो विधूमः । पुण्या गन्धाश्चाहुतीनां प्रवान्ति जयस्यैतद्भाविनो रूपमाहुः॥६-४-१६॥
Vyāsa said: When the sacrificial fire burns with clear radiance, its flames turning to the right, its rays rising upward, and it is without smoke—and when auspicious fragrances from the offerings spread—this is said to be the form of impending victory.
english translation
गम्भीरघोषाश्च महास्वनाश्च शङ्खा मृदङ्गाश्च नदन्ति यत्र । विशुद्धरश्मिस्तपनः शशी च जयस्यैतद्भाविनो रूपमाहुः॥६-४-१७॥
Where conches and drums resound with deep and powerful tones, and where the sun and the moon shine with purified rays—this is said to be the form of impending victory.
english translation
इष्टा वाचः पृष्ठतो वायसानां संप्रस्थितानां च गमिष्यतां च । ये पृष्ठतस्ते त्वरयन्ति राजन्ये त्वग्रतस्ते प्रतिषेधयन्ति॥६-४-१८॥
If, for those who have set out and for those about to depart, pleasing calls of crows are heard from behind—then, O king, the signs from behind urge one onward, while those from the front obstruct.
english translation
कल्याणवाचः शकुना राजहंसाः शुकाः क्रौञ्चाः शतपत्राश्च यत्र । प्रदक्षिणाश्चैव भवन्ति संख्ये ध्रुवं जयं तत्र वदन्ति विप्राः॥६-४-१९॥
Where birds with auspicious calls—royal swans, parrots, krauñca-birds, and śatapatra-birds—move rightward (clockwise) in the encounter, the learned declare that victory there is certain.
english translation
अलंकारैः कवचैः केतुभिश्च मुखप्रसादैर्हेमवर्णैश्च नॄणाम् । भ्राजिष्मती दुष्प्रतिप्रेक्षणीया येषां चमूस्ते विजयन्ति शत्रून्॥६-४-२०॥
Those whose army is radiant—adorned with ornaments, armour, and standards, and whose men bear composed faces and a golden lustre, dazzling and hard to behold—such men overcome their foes.
english translation