Vayu Purana — Purvardha — Chapter 19
VaP 1 19.1
।। वायुरुवाच ।। अत ऊर्द्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि अरिष्टानि निबोधत। येन ज्ञानविशेषेण मृत्युं पश्यति चात्मनः
|| vāyuruvāca || ata ūrddhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi ariṣṭāni nibodhata| yena jñānaviśeṣeṇa mṛtyuṃ paśyati cātmanaḥ
Vāyu said: Beyond this I shall declare the ill omens; learn them — that particular knowledge by which one foresees one's own death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.2
अरुन्धतीं ध्रुवञ्चैव सोमच्छायां महापथम्। यो न पश्येत्स नो जीवेन्नरः संवत्सरात्परम्
arundhatīṃ dhruvañcaiva somacchāyāṃ mahāpatham| yo na paśyetsa no jīvennaraḥ saṃvatsarātparam
He who does not see Arundhatī, the Pole Star, his own shadow in the moon, and the Great Path (the Milky Way) — that man will not live beyond a year.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.3
अरश्मिवन्तमादित्यं रश्मिवन्तञ्च पावकम्। यः पश्येन्न च जीवेत मासादेकादशात्परम्
araśmivantamādityaṃ raśmivantañca pāvakam| yaḥ paśyenna ca jīveta māsādekādaśātparam
He who sees the sun without rays and the fire with rays will not live beyond eleven months.
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VaP 1 19.4
वमेन्मूत्रं करीषं वा सुवर्णं रजतं तथा। प्रत्यक्षमथ वा स्वप्ने दशमासान् स जीवति
vamenmūtraṃ karīṣaṃ vā suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ tathā| pratyakṣamatha vā svapne daśamāsān sa jīvati
If one vomits urine or dung, or gold and silver, whether in waking sight or in a dream, he lives ten months.
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VaP 1 19.5
अग्रतः पृष्ठतो वापि खण्टं यस्य पदम्भवेत्। पांसुले कर्दमे वापि सप्तमासान् स जीवति
agrataḥ pṛṣṭhato vāpi khaṇṭaṃ yasya padambhavet| pāṃsule kardame vāpi saptamāsān sa jīvati
He whose footprint, in front or behind, becomes broken (incomplete) in dust or in mud, lives seven months.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 19.6
काकः कपोतो गृध्रो वा निलीयेद्यस्य मूर्द्धनि। क्रव्यादो वा खगः कश्चित् षण्मासान्नातिवर्त्तते
kākaḥ kapoto gṛdhro vā nilīyedyasya mūrddhani| kravyādo vā khagaḥ kaścit ṣaṇmāsānnātivarttate
He on whose head a crow, a dove, a vulture, or some flesh-eating bird settles does not pass beyond six months.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.7
बध्ये द्वायसपङ्क्तीभिः पांशुवर्षैण वा पुनः। छायां वा विकृतां पश्येच्चतुःपञ्च स जीवति
badhye dvāyasapaṅktībhiḥ pāṃśuvarṣaiṇa vā punaḥ| chāyāṃ vā vikṛtāṃ paśyeccatuḥpañca sa jīvati
If one is beset by rows of crows or again by showers of dust, or sees his own shadow distorted, he lives four or five (months).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 19.8
अनभ्रे विद्युतं पश्येद्दक्षिणां दिशमाश्रिताम्। उदकेन्द्रध नुर्वापि त्रयो द्वौवा स जीवति
anabhre vidyutaṃ paśyeddakṣiṇāṃ diśamāśritām| udakendradha nurvāpi trayo dvauvā sa jīvati
If one sees lightning in a cloudless sky resting in the southern quarter, or a rainbow, he lives three or two (months).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 19.9
अप्सु वा यदि वाऽऽदर्शे आत्मानं यो न पश्यति। अशिरस्कं तथात्मानं मासादूर्द्ध्वं न जीवति
apsu vā yadi vā''darśe ātmānaṃ yo na paśyati| aśiraskaṃ tathātmānaṃ māsādūrddhvaṃ na jīvati
He who does not see himself in water or in a mirror, or (sees) himself without a head, does not live beyond a month.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.10
शवगन्धि भवेद्गात्रं वसागन्धि ह्यथापि वा। मृत्युर्ह्युपस्थितस्तस्य अर्द्धमासं स जीवति
śavagandhi bhavedgātraṃ vasāgandhi hyathāpi vā| mṛtyurhyupasthitastasya arddhamāsaṃ sa jīvati
If the body smells of a corpse, or else smells of fat, death has come upon him: he lives half a month.
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VaP 1 19.11
सम्भिन्नो मारुतो यस्य मर्मस्थानानि कृन्तति । अद्भिः स्पृष्टो न दृष्येच्च तस्य मृत्युरुपस्थितः
sambhinno māruto yasya marmasthānāni kṛntati | adbhiḥ spṛṣṭo na dṛṣyecca tasya mṛtyurupasthitaḥ
He whose disordered internal wind cuts at the vital points, and who when touched with water is not (properly) seen — death has come upon him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 19.12
ऋक्षवानरयुक्तेन रथेनाशान्तु दक्षिणाम् । गायन्नथ व्रजेत् स्वप्ने विद्यान्मृत्युरुपस्थितः
ṛkṣavānarayuktena rathenāśāntu dakṣiṇām | gāyannatha vrajet svapne vidyānmṛtyurupasthitaḥ
If in a dream one should go southward, singing, in a chariot yoked with bears and monkeys, one should know that death has come.
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VaP 1 19.13
कृष्णाम्ब रधरा श्यामा गायन्ती वाथ चाङ्गना। यन्नयेद्दक्षिणामाशां स्वप्ने सोऽपि न जीवति
kṛṣṇāmba radharā śyāmā gāyantī vātha cāṅganā| yannayeddakṣiṇāmāśāṃ svapne so'pi na jīvati
And if a woman, dark-skinned, dark, wearing black garments, singing, should lead (him) toward the southern quarter in a dream, he too does not live.
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VaP 1 19.14
छिद्रं वासशचव कृष्णञ्च स्वप्रे यो विधृयान्नरः । भग्नं वा श्रवणं दृष्ट्वा विद्यान्मृत्युरुपस्थितः
chidraṃ vāsaśacava kṛṣṇañca svapre yo vidhṛyānnaraḥ | bhagnaṃ vā śravaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā vidyānmṛtyurupasthitaḥ
The man who in a dream wears a torn and black garment, or who sees his ear broken, should know that death has come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 19.15
आमस्तकतलाद्यस्तु निमज्जेत्पङ्कसागरे। दृष्ट्वा तु तादृशं स्वप्नं सद्य एव न जीवति
āmastakatalādyastu nimajjetpaṅkasāgare| dṛṣṭvā tu tādṛśaṃ svapnaṃ sadya eva na jīvati
And he who sinks up to the crown of his head in a sea of mud — having seen such a dream, he does not live even for that day.
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VaP 1 19.16
भस्माङ्गाराश्च केशांश्च नदीं शुष्कां भुजङ्गमान्। पश्येद्यो दशरात्रन्तु न स जीवेत तादृशः
bhasmāṅgārāśca keśāṃśca nadīṃ śuṣkāṃ bhujaṅgamān| paśyedyo daśarātrantu na sa jīveta tādṛśaḥ
He who sees ashes and coals, and hair, a dried-up river, and serpents — such a one will not live for ten nights.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.17
कृष्णैश्च विकटैश्चैव पुरुषैरुद्यतायुधैः। पाषाणैस्ताड्यते स्वप्ने यः सद्यो न स जीवति
kṛṣṇaiśca vikaṭaiścaiva puruṣairudyatāyudhaiḥ| pāṣāṇaistāḍyate svapne yaḥ sadyo na sa jīvati
He who in a dream is struck with stones by black, hideous men with weapons upraised does not live beyond that very day.
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VaP 1 19.18
सूर्योदये प्रत्युषसि प्रत्यक्षं यस्य वै शिवा। क्रोशन्ती सम्मुखाभ्येति म गतायुर्भवेन्नरः
sūryodaye pratyuṣasi pratyakṣaṃ yasya vai śivā| krośantī sammukhābhyeti ma gatāyurbhavennaraḥ
The man before whose eyes, at sunrise at dawn, a jackal-bitch comes howling face to face — that man's life-span is at an end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.19
यस्य वै स्रातमात्रस्य हृदयं पीङ्यते भृशम्। जायते दन्तहर्षश्च तं गतायुषमादिशेत्
yasya vai srātamātrasya hṛdayaṃ pīṅyate bhṛśam| jāyate dantaharṣaśca taṃ gatāyuṣamādiśet
He whose heart is squeezed hard the moment he has bathed, and in whom a tingling of the teeth arises — him one should declare to have his lifespan spent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.20
भूयो भूयः श्वसेद्यस्तु रात्रौ वा यदि वा दिवा। दीपगन्धञ्च नो वेत्ति विद्यान्मृत्युमुपस्थितम्
bhūyo bhūyaḥ śvasedyastu rātrau vā yadi vā divā| dīpagandhañca no vetti vidyānmṛtyumupasthitam
He who breathes hard again and again, whether by night or by day, and does not perceive the smell of a lamp — (of him) one should know that death is at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.21
रात्रौ चेन्द्रायुधं पश्येद्दिवा नक्षत्रमण्डलम्। परनेत्रेषु चात्मानं न पश्येन्न स जीवति
rātrau cendrāyudhaṃ paśyeddivā nakṣatramaṇḍalam| paranetreṣu cātmānaṃ na paśyenna sa jīvati
He who sees a rainbow by night and the circle of the stars by day, and does not see himself (reflected) in the eyes of another — he does not live.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.22
नेत्रमेकं स्रवेद्यस्य कर्णौ स्थानाच्च भ्रश्यतः। नासा च वक्रा भवति स ज्ञेयो गतजीवितः
netramekaṃ sravedyasya karṇau sthānācca bhraśyataḥ| nāsā ca vakrā bhavati sa jñeyo gatajīvitaḥ
He whose one eye runs, whose ears slip from their place, and whose nose becomes crooked — he is to be known as one whose life is gone.
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VaP 1 19.23
यस्य कृष्णा खरा जिह्वा पङ्कभासञ्च वै मुखम्। गण्डे चिपिटके रक्ते तस्य मृत्युरुपस्थितः
yasya kṛṣṇā kharā jihvā paṅkabhāsañca vai mukham| gaṇḍe cipiṭake rakte tasya mṛtyurupasthitaḥ
He whose tongue is black and rough and whose face has the look of mud, and (who has) red flattened swellings on the cheek — for him death is at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 19.24
मुक्तकेशो हसंश्चैव गायन् नृत्यंश्च यो नरः। याम्याशाभिमुखो गच्छेत्तदन्तं तस्य जीवितम्
muktakeśo hasaṃścaiva gāyan nṛtyaṃśca yo naraḥ| yāmyāśābhimukho gacchettadantaṃ tasya jīvitam
The man who, with hair loose, laughing, singing and dancing, goes off facing the southern quarter — his life ends with that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.25
यस्य स्वेदसमुद्भूताः श्वेतसर्षपसन्निभाः। स्वेदा भवन्ति ह्यसकृत्तस्य मृत्युरुपश्थितः
yasya svedasamudbhūtāḥ śvetasarṣapasannibhāḥ| svedā bhavanti hyasakṛttasya mṛtyurupaśthitaḥ
He on whom, arisen from perspiration, sweat-drops like white mustard seeds appear repeatedly — for him death is at hand.
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VaP 1 19.26
उष्ठ्रा वा रासभा वापि युक्ताः स्व्परे रथेऽशुभाः। यस्य सोपि न जीवेत दक्षिणाभिमुखो गतः
uṣṭhrā vā rāsabhā vāpi yuktāḥ svpare rathe'śubhāḥ| yasya sopi na jīveta dakṣiṇābhimukho gataḥ
He whose chariot is yoked in a dream with camels or with asses — inauspicious ones — he too does not live, (being) gone facing southward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 19.27
द्वे चात्र परमेऽरिष्टे एतद्रूपं परं भवेत्। घोषं न श्रृणुयात् कर्णे ज्योतिर्न्नेत्रे न पश्यति
dve cātra parame'riṣṭe etadrūpaṃ paraṃ bhavet| ghoṣaṃ na śrṛṇuyāt karṇe jyotirnnetre na paśyati
And here there are two supreme omens; this would be the highest form (of them): he does not hear sound with the ear, he does not see light with the eyes.
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VaP 1 19.28
श्वभ्रेयो निपतेत् स्वप्ने द्वारञ्चास्य न विद्यते। न चोतिष्ठति यः श्वब्रात्तदन्तं तस्य जीवितम्
śvabhreyo nipatet svapne dvārañcāsya na vidyate| na cotiṣṭhati yaḥ śvabrāttadantaṃ tasya jīvitam
He who falls into a pit in a dream, and it has no door, and he does not get up out of the pit — his life ends with that.
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VaP 1 19.29
ऊर्द्ध्वा च दृष्टिर्न च सम्प्रतिष्ठा रक्ता पुनः सम्परिवर्त्तमाना। मुखस्य चोष्मा मुषिरा च नाभिरत्युष्णमूत्रो विषमस्थ एव
ūrddhvā ca dṛṣṭirna ca sampratiṣṭhā raktā punaḥ samparivarttamānā| mukhasya coṣmā muṣirā ca nābhiratyuṣṇamūtro viṣamastha eva
The gaze turned upward and not steady, and red, and rolling round and round; heat of the mouth, and the navel hollow, urine excessively hot — he is indeed in a bad state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 19.30
दिवा वा यति वा रात्रौ प्रत्यक्षं योऽभिहन्यते। तं पश्येदथ हन्तारं स हतस्तु न जीवति
divā vā yati vā rātrau pratyakṣaṃ yo'bhihanyate| taṃ paśyedatha hantāraṃ sa hatastu na jīvati
He who, whether by day or by night, is struck before his very eyes, and then sees his striker — he, being struck, does not live.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 19.31
अग्निप्रवेशं कुरुते स्वप्नान्ते यस्तु मानवः। स्मृतिं नोपलभेच्चापि तदन्तं तस्य जीवितम्
agnipraveśaṃ kurute svapnānte yastu mānavaḥ| smṛtiṃ nopalabheccāpi tadantaṃ tasya jīvitam
The man who at the end of a dream enters fire and also does not recover his memory — his life ends with that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.32
यस्तु प्रावरणं शुक्लं स्वकं पश्यति मानवः। रक्तं कृष्णमपि स्वप्ने तस्य मृत्युरुपस्थितः
yastu prāvaraṇaṃ śuklaṃ svakaṃ paśyati mānavaḥ| raktaṃ kṛṣṇamapi svapne tasya mṛtyurupasthitaḥ
The man who in a dream sees his own upper garment, (though) white, as red or black — for him death is at hand.
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VaP 1 19.33
अरिष्टसूचिते देहे तस्मिन् काल उपागते। त्यक्त्वा भयविषादञ्च उद्गच्छेदूभुद्धिमान्नरः
ariṣṭasūcite dehe tasmin kāla upāgate| tyaktvā bhayaviṣādañca udgacchedūbhuddhimānnaraḥ
When the body has been marked by these omens and that time has come, the wise man, abandoning fear and despondency, should set out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.34
प्राचीं वा यदि वोदीचीं दिशं निष्क्रम्य वै शुचिः। समेऽतिस्थावरे देशे विविक्ते जनवर्ज्जिते
prācīṃ vā yadi vodīcīṃ diśaṃ niṣkramya vai śuciḥ| same'tisthāvare deśe vivikte janavarjjite
Going forth, pure, toward the eastern or else the northern quarter, in a level, very firm place, solitary and free of people —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.35
उदङ्मुखः प्राङ्मुखो वा स्वस्थः स्वाचान्त एव च। स्वस्तिकोपनिविष्टश्च नमस्कृत्य महेश्वरम्। समकायशिरोग्रीवं धार्येन्नावलोकयेत्
udaṅmukhaḥ prāṅmukho vā svasthaḥ svācānta eva ca| svastikopaniviṣṭaśca namaskṛtya maheśvaram| samakāyaśirogrīvaṃ dhāryennāvalokayet
facing north or facing east, at ease and having rinsed his mouth, and seated in the svastika posture, having made obeisance to Maheśvara, he should hold body, head and neck even, and should not look about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.36
यथा दीपो निवातस्यो नेङ्गते सोपमा स्मृता। प्रागुदक्प्रवणे देशे तस्माद्युञ्जीत योगवित्
yathā dīpo nivātasyo neṅgate sopamā smṛtā| prāgudakpravaṇe deśe tasmādyuñjīta yogavit
As a lamp in a windless place does not flicker — that is held to be the simile; therefore let the knower of yoga practise yoga in a place sloping east or north.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VaP 1 19.37
प्राणे च रमते नित्यं चक्षुषोः स्पर्शने तथा। श्रोत्रे मनसि बुद्धौ च तथा वक्षसि धारयेत्। न तस्य धारणायोगाद्वायुः सर्वं प्रवर्त्तते
prāṇe ca ramate nityaṃ cakṣuṣoḥ sparśane tathā| śrotre manasi buddhau ca tathā vakṣasi dhārayet| na tasya dhāraṇāyogādvāyuḥ sarvaṃ pravarttate
And he constantly delights in the breath, likewise in the two eyes, in touch, in the ear, in the mind and in the intellect; likewise he should fix (it) in the chest; through his practice of concentration the wind does not move about everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 19.38
कालघर्मझ्च विज्ञाय समूह़ञ्चैव सर्वशः। द्वादशाध्यात्ममित्येवं योगधारणमुच्यते
kālagharmajhca vijñāya samūha़ñcaiva sarvaśaḥ| dvādaśādhyātmamityevaṃ yogadhāraṇamucyate
Having understood the heat of time and the aggregate too in every way — this, as twelvefold and pertaining to the self, is called the concentration of yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 19.39
शतमष्ट शतं वापि धारणां मूर्ध्नि धारयेत्। न तस्य धारणायोगाद्वायुः सर्वं प्रवर्तते
śatamaṣṭa śataṃ vāpi dhāraṇāṃ mūrdhni dhārayet| na tasya dhāraṇāyogādvāyuḥ sarvaṃ pravartate
He should hold the concentration in the head a hundred, or even a hundred and eight (times); for him, because of the practice of concentration, the breath does not move at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VaP 1 19.40
ततस्त्वापूरयेद्देहमोङ्कारेण समाहितः। अथोङ्कारमयो योगी न क्षरेत्त्वक्षरी भवेत्
tatastvāpūrayeddehamoṅkāreṇa samāhitaḥ| athoṅkāramayo yogī na kṣarettvakṣarī bhavet
Then, being fully concentrated, he should fill the body with the syllable Om; then the yogin, made of Om, does not perish, but becomes imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition