Shloka 16
Adhyaya 43 — The Sun's Course
रक्तकृष्णाम्बरधरा गायन्ती हसती च यम् ।
दक्षिणाशान्नयेन्नारी स्वप्ने सोऽपि न जीवति ॥
raktakṛṣṇāmbaradharā gāyantī hasatī ca yam / dakṣiṇāśānnayennārī svapne so 'pi na jīvati
जर स्वप्नात लाल व काळे वस्त्र परिधान केलेली एखादी स्त्री—गात व हसत—कुणाला दक्षिण दिशेकडे नेत असेल, तर तोही जगत नाही; त्याचा मृत्यू निकट आहे.
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FAQs
The verse depicts death as an unavoidable summons; its ethical use is to provoke wakefulness—live in a way that leaves no unfinished harm, debt, or neglected duty.
Ancillary omen-literature; not among the five defining Purāṇic topics.
The laughing, singing guide represents māyā’s seductive pull even at the threshold; red-black suggests rajas-tamas dominance and the terrifying/liminal aspect of transition toward Yama’s quarter.