Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 40
Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules
भिनत्ति यदि तत्तारां बाधावृष्टिभयंकरः । आद्रा र्दिपितृभांतेषु दृश्यते यदि चन्द्र जः ॥ ४० ॥
bhinatti yadi tattārāṃ bādhāvṛṣṭibhayaṃkaraḥ | ādrā rdipitṛbhāṃteṣu dṛśyate yadi candra jaḥ || 40 ||
إن اخترق الكوكبُ المهيب—جالبُ الأذى والأمطار المدمّرة—تلك النجمةَ بعينها، ورُئي الكوكبُ «المولود من القمر» في آردرا (Ārdrā)، أو في منازل موسم المطر، أو ضمن نكشترات الأسلاف (Pitṛ‑nakṣatra)، دلّ هذا الاقتران على اضطرابٍ وشدائدَ وآفاتٍ متعلّقة بالمطر.
Narada (teaching in a Vedanga/Jyotisha-style section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames cosmic order (ṛta) as readable through Jyotiṣa: disturbing planetary contacts with specific nakṣatras are treated as warnings, prompting vigilance, restraint, and dhārmic remedies rather than fatalism.
While the verse is technical (omen-based), its implied response is devotional and dhārmic—seeking protection through prayer, purity, and prescribed rites when adverse signs appear, aligning worldly risk-management with devotion to the divine order.
Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga astrology): interpreting planetary ‘piercing’ (affliction) of nakṣatras—especially Ārdrā, rainy-season asterisms, and Pitṛ-associated nakṣatras—as indicators of harmful rains and public distress.