THE 'TOUCH' ANALYSED

Stanza 65. � If at the time of query the questioner is feeling with his hand his
chest or
breast or any auspicious object, then predict good. If not, evil results will
happen.
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In this stanza, the method is switched on to sparsa or touch.
Stanzas 66 and 67. � If he touches his own navel, nose, mouth, locks of hair on his
head
or hair anywhere in his body, nails, teeth, private parts, anus (...), breasts,
neck, stomach, ring
finger, the nine openings in his body, the palm of his hand, the soles of his feet
and joints in his
body, or any depression, then predict evil.
Stanza 68. � The eight cardinal points and the eight bodily limbs have their
counterparts
symbolised in the eight Yonis like Dhwaja, Dhuma, etc. Results good or bad happen
when these
points are touched by the questioner.
Stanza 69. � Dhwaja (flag), Dhuma (smoke), lion, dog, bull, an ass and cow, an
elephant
correspond respectively to east, south-east, south, south-west, west, north-west,
north and east.
Stanza 70. � The head, nose, mouth or face, eyes or ears, neck, arms or hands,
chest and
legs symbolically correspond respectively to Dhwaja, Dhuma, etc., mentioned in
stanza 69.
NOTES
In these three stanzas, there is some sort of an allocation of the eight main limbs
to the
eight cardinal points and the sex organs of eight animals. The touching of any of
these parts by
the questioner seems to imply the success or otherwise of the object in view. The
following is a
tabular representation of the allocations suggested in the above stanzas : �
Direction Yoni Limb
East Dhwaja Head
South-east Dhuma Nose
South Lion Mouth or face
South-west Dog Eyes or ears
West Bull Neck
North-west Ass Arms, hands
North Elephant Chest, breast
North-east Crow Legs
Stanza 71. � If the questioner stands in the east and touches his own head, then
predict
monetary gains; his mouth, gain of cows; his neck, gift of vehicles; chest, gift of
ornaments. If
the questioner stands in south and touches his face or mouth, destruction of
enemies; neck,
monetary gains; chest, begetting good children; head, arrival of relatives.
Stanza 72. � If the questioner stands in the west and touches his head, gain of
knowledge; mouth, acquisition of friends; neck, gift of cows; chest, gain of
vehicles. If the
questioner stands in the north and touches his head, ornaments; mouth, good
friends; neck, good
children; chest, acquisition of elephants or elephant-ride.
Stanza 73. � If the questioner stands in southeast and touches his nose, danger to
life;
eyes and ears, fear of troubles; arms, breaking of vows; and legs, ruin of one's
family. If the
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questioner stands in south-west and touches his nose, loss of money; eyes and ears,
sickness;
arms, loss of children; and legs, danger.
Stanza 74. � If the questioner stands in northwest and touches his nose, fear from
fearful
weapons; eyes and ears, wife's sickness; arms, litigation or dispute; and legs,
killing cow. If the
questioner stands in the north-east and touches his nose breaking of teeth; eyes
and ears, death
from evil-minded people; arms, danger to children; and legs, sickness to relation.
Stanza 75. � If the questioner, standing in east south, west or north, touches
nose, eyes,
arms or legs respectively or standing in south-east, southwest, north-west or
north-east, touches
neck, chest, head or mouth respectively, the effects will neither be very bad nor
very good.
Stanza 76. � In any query regarding longevity, the cure of a sick man will depend
on the
Avastha, state of the messenger or astrologer at the time of query.