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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 1, Ch. 14]
happenings in life cannot be checked by any number of plans. Such miseries can be removed only by the mercy of the Lord, who sends His bona fide representatives to enlighten human beings and thus save them from all calamities.
TEXT 12
शिवैषोद्यन्त्यादित्यमभि रौत्यनलानना । मामङ्ग सारमेयोऽयमभिरेभत्यभीरुवत् ॥१२॥
śivaiṣodyantam ādityam abhirauty analānanā mām aṅga sārameyo 'yam abhirebhaty abhīruvat
śivā—jackal; eṣā—this; udyantam—rising; ādityam—unto the sun; abhi- towards; rauti—crying; anala—fire; ānanā—face; mām—unto me; aṅga—O Bhīma; sārameyaḥ—dog; ayam—this; abhirebhati—barking; abhīruvat— without fear.
TRANSLATION
Just see, O Bhīma, how the she-jackel cries at the rising sun and vomits fire and how the dog barks at me fearlessly.
PURPORT
These are some bad omens indicating something undesirable in the near future.
TEXT 13
शस्ताः कुर्वन्ति मां सव्यं दक्षिणं पशवोऽपरे । वाहांश्च पुरुषव्याघ्र लक्षये रुदतो मम ॥१३॥
śastāḥ kurvanti mām savyam dakṣiṇam paśavo 'pare vāhāmś ca puruṣa-vyāghra lakṣaye rudato mama