प्रवर्षणं भृगुः कुर्याद्विपरीते न वर्षणम्
Venus causes rain; if the opposite, there is no rain.
तदा वृष्टिं प्रकुर्वन्ति न ते चेत्प्रतिलोमगाः
Then they produce rain, but not if they are moving in reverse order.
उदयास्तेषु वृष्टिः स्याद्भानोरार्द्राप्रवेशने
When the Sun enters Ardra, there will be rain at their rising.
स्तोकवृष्टिरनर्घः स्यादवृष्टिः सस्यसंपदः
If there is little rain, crops will be priceless; if there is no rain, there will be abundance of produce.
चन्द्रेज्ये ज्ञेथ वा शुक्रे केन्द्रेन्बीतिर्विनश्यति
One should know, if the Moon or Venus is in a kendra, the obstruction is destroyed.
वर्षत्यार्द्रादिमृलान्तं प्रत्यक्षं प्रत्यहं तथा
It rains from Ardra to Mrigashirsha, and so on, visibly, day by day.
सिंहे भिन्ने कुजो वृष्टिरभिन्ने कर्कटे तथा
If Mars is in Leo, divided, there is rain; likewise, if undivided, in Cancer.
अहिर्बुध्न्यं पूर्वशस्यं परशस्या च रेवती
Ahirbudhnya is for the eastern harvest, and Revati for the later harvest.
गुरोः सप्तमरा तिस्थः प्रत्यग्गो भृगुजो यदा
When Jupiter is in the seventh, and Venus is retrograde,
आसप्तमर्क्षंशशिनः परिवेशगतोत्तरा
Up to the seventh sign from the Moon, the latter ones are surrounded.
यदाप्रत्यङ्नता मघाः खसप्तोपरि संस्थिताः
When the constellation Maghā does not incline westward and remains positioned above the sky,
नखैर्लिखन्तोमार्जाराश्चावनिं लोहसंयुते
when cats scratch the earth with claws tipped with iron,
पिपीलिकाश्रेणयश्छिन्नाः खद्योता बहवस्तदा
when lines of ants are broken and many fireflies appear,
उदयास्तमये काले विवर्णोर्ऽकेथ वा शशी
when, at sunrise or sunset, the sun or the moon appears discolored,
प्राङ्मुखस्य तु कूर्मस्य नवाङ्गेषु धरामिमाम्
as for the nine limbs of the east-facing tortoise, this earth is situated upon them,
अन्तर्वेदाश्च षाञ्चालस्तस्येदं नाभिमण्डलम्
and the six trembling inner lands are its navel region,
स्त्रीकलिङ्गकिराताख्या देशास्तद्बाहुमण्डलम्
the regions called Strī, Kaliṅga, and Kirāta are its arm region,
गौडकैङ्कणशाल्वान्ध्रपौड्रस्तत्पादमण्डलम्
Gauḍa, Kaiṅkaṇa, Śālva, Andhra, and Pauḍra are its foot region,
पुलिन्दचीनयवनगुर्जराः पादमण्डलम्
Pulinda, Cīna, Yavana, and Gurjara are the foot region,
खसांगवङ्गबाह्लीकं कांबोजाः पाणिमण्डलम्
Khasa, Aṅga, Vaṅga, Bāhlīka, and Kāmboja are the hand region,
नाभ्यादिषु नवाङ्गेषु पापैर्दुष्टं शुभैः शुभम्
In the nine limbs beginning with the navel, evil brings corruption, and good brings auspiciousness.
मुहू रुदन्ति गायन्ति प्रस्विद्यन्ति हसंति च
At times, people cry, sing, sweat, and laugh.
अधोमुखाधितिष्टन्ति स्थानात्स्थानं व्रजन्ति च
They stand facing downward and move from place to place.
गन्धर्वनगरं चैव दिवा नक्षत्रदर्शनम्
The sight of a Gandharva city and seeing stars during the day,
गान्धर्वं देहदिग्धूमं भूमिकंपं दिवा निशि
the Gandharva smoke covering the body, trembling of the earth by day or night,
निशीन्द्रचापमण्डूकं शिखरे श्वेतवायसः
the rainbow or a frog at night, a white crow on a peak,
जन्तवो द्वित्रिशिरसो जायन्ते वापि योनिषु
creatures with two or three heads are born, or even in wombs,
जम्बूकग्रामसंवासः केतूनां च प्रदर्शनम्
the dwelling of jackals in villages and the appearance of comets.
अकाले पुष्पिता वृक्षा दृश्यन्ते फलिता यदि
If trees are seen flowering and bearing fruit out of season,
एवमाद्या महोत्पाता बहवः स्थाननाशदा
in this way, many great portents arise that bring about the destruction of places.