Shloka 21
Adhyaya 43 — Portents of Death (Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇas) and the Yogin’s Response; Alarka Renounces Kingship
सूर्योदये यस्य शिवा क्रोशन्ती याति संमुखम् ।
विपरीतं परीतं वा स सद्यो मृत्युमृच्छति ॥
sūryodaye yasya śivā krośantī yāti saṃmukham / viparītaṃ parītaṃ vā sa sadyo mṛtyumṛcchati
Ao nascer do sol, se um chacal (śivā) vier ao encontro de um homem uivando—quer venha da direção contrária, quer circule ao redor—ele morre imediatamente.
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FAQs
Nature is read as a moral mirror in Purāṇic culture; ominous encounters prompt restraint, prayer, and urgent completion of righteous duties.
Ancillary dharma/śakuna material; not one of the five principal Purāṇic characteristics.
Sunrise marks the day’s prāṇic ‘opening’; an inauspicious śakuna at that liminal time symbolizes obstruction of life-force and the closing of one’s allotted time.