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 ||
যদি বাধা ও বিধ্বংসী বৃষ্টির ভয়ংকর গ্রহটি সেই তারাকেই বিদ্ধ করে, এবং চন্দ্রজাত (বুধ) যদি আর্দ্রা, ঋতু-নক্ষত্রসমূহ বা পিতৃ-নক্ষত্রগুলির মধ্যে দেখা যায়, তবে তা কষ্টকর অবস্থা ও বৃষ্টিজনিত বিপর্যয়ের ইঙ্গিত।
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.