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SkP 11.42.22

छाया प्रकंपते यस्य देहबंधेपि निश्चले

If the shadow of someone trembles, even when the body is steady and bound,

SkP 11.42.23

निजस्य प्रतिबिंबस्य नीराज्यमुकुरादिषु

If one's own reflection is not seen in water, clarified butter, or mirrors,

SkP 11.42.24

मतिर्भ्रश्येत्स्खलेद्वाणी धनुरैद्रं निरक्षितै

If the mind becomes confused, speech falters, or the bowstring slips from the hand,

SkP 11.42.25

दिवा च तारकाचक्रं रात्रौ व्योमवितारकम्

If one sees the circle of stars during the day, or the sky filled with stars at night,

SkP 11.42.26

भूरुहे भूधराग्रे च गंधर्वनगरालयम्

If one sees the city of the Gandharvas on a tree or at the summit of a mountain,

SkP 11.42.27

सर्वेष्वेतेषु चिह्नेषु यद्येकमपि वीक्षते

If, among all these signs, a person perceives even one,

SkP 11.42.28

करावरुद्ध श्रवणः शृणोति न यदा ध्वनिम्

If, with ears covered by the hands, one does not hear any sound,

SkP 11.42.29

यः पश्येदात्मनश्छायां दक्षिणाशा समाश्रिताम्

Whoever sees his own shadow resting in the southern direction,

SkP 11.42.30

प्रोह्यते भक्ष्यते वापि पिशाचासुरवायसैः 4.1.42.

Is driven away or devoured by demons, spirits, or crows,

SkP 11.42.31

रासभैः करभैः कीशैः श्वेनैरश्वतरैर्बकैः

By donkeys, camels, monkeys, dogs, mules, or cranes,

SkP 11.42.32

गंधपुष्पांशुकैः शोणैः स्वां तनुं भूषितां नरः

Or if a man sees his own body adorned with fragrant flowers, red garments,

SkP 11.42.33

पांसुराशि च वल्मीकं यूपदंडमथापि वा

Or a heap of dust, an anthill, or even a sacrificial post,

SkP 11.42.34

रासभारूढमात्मानं तैलाभ्यक्तं च मुंडितम्

Or sees himself riding a donkey, anointed with oil, or with a shaven head,

SkP 11.42.35

स्वमौलौ स्वतनौ वापि यः पश्येत्स्वप्नगो नरः

If a man sees in a dream his own head or body,

SkP 11.42.36

लोहदंडधरं कृष्णं पुरुषं कृष्णवाससम्

Or a black man holding an iron staff, dressed in black garments,

SkP 11.42.37

काली कुमारी यं स्वप्ने बद्नीयाद्बाहु पाशकैः

Or if the goddess Kālī or Kumārī binds him in a dream with nooses around the arms,

SkP 11.42.38

नरो यो वानरारूढो यायात्प्राचीदिशं स्वपन्

A man who rides upon a monkey in a dream and goes toward the eastern direction—

SkP 11.42.39

कृपणोपि वदान्यः स्याद्वदान्यः कृपणो यदि

Even a miser becomes generous, if a generous man becomes a miser.

SkP 11.42.40

एतानि कालचिह्नानि संत्यन्यानि बहून्यपि 4.1.42.

These are signs of time; there are many other such marks as well.

SkP 11.42.41

न कालवंचनोपायं मुनेन्यमवयाम्यहम्

O sage, I do not know of any means to deceive time.

SkP 11.42.42

तावद्गर्जंति पापानि तावद्गर्जेद्यमो नृपः

So long do sins roar, so long does Yama, the lord of death, roar, O king.

SkP 11.42.43

प्राप्तविश्वेश्वरावासः पीतोत्तरवहापयाः

He who has reached the abode of the Lord of the universe, clad in yellow garments—

SkP 11.42.44

करिष्येत्कुपितःकालः किंकाशीवासिनां नृणाम्

What can angry Time do to those who dwell in Kāśī?

SkP 11.42.45

यथा प्रयाति शिशुता कौमारं च यथा गतम्

Just as childhood passes into youth, so does what has gone, depart.

SkP 11.42.46

यावन्नहि जराक्रांतिर्यावन्नेंद्रियवैक्लवम्

As long as old age has not come, as long as the senses have not declined—

SkP 11.42.47

अन्यानि काललक्ष्माणि तिष्ठंतु कलशोद्भव

Let other marks of time remain, O one born from the pot.

SkP 11.42.48

पराभूतो हि जरया सर्वैश्च परिभूयते

For one overcome by old age, he is scorned by all.

SkP 11.42.49

सुतावाक्यं न कुर्वंति पत्नी प्रेमापि मुंचति

Sons do not heed his words, and even his wife abandons her affection.

SkP 11.42.50

आश्लिष्टं जरया दृष्ट्वा परयोषिद्विशंकिता 4.1.42.

Seeing him embraced by old age, other women become wary.

SkP 11.42.51

न जरा सदृशो व्याधिर्न दुःखं जरया समम्

There is no disease like old age, nor any suffering equal to it.

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