If deer and other quadrupeds be seen behind or to the left of those that have already started for battle or of those that are about to start, they are regarded auspicious. If they appear to the right of the warriors about to engage in slaughter, it is considered as a mark of success. If, however, they appear in the van of such persons, they presage disaster and defeat.
इष्टा मृगाः पृष्ठतो वामतश्च सम्प्रस्थितानां च गमिष्यतां चा जिघांसतां दक्षिणाः सिद्धिमार्छ ये त्वग्रतस्ते प्रतिषेधन्ति॥