बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

120 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. IX. Sl. 44-45 pecially those arising from the vitiation of bile, and jaundice. The summer crops will flourish. Ascetics, fire-worshippers, physicians, actors, wrestlers, etc., horses, merchants, cows, vehicles, kings, all yellowish objects and the western direction will be ruined. शिखिभयमनलाभे शस्त्रकोपश्च रक्ते कनकनिकषगौरे व्याधयो दैत्यपूज्ये । हरितकपिलरूपे श्वासकासप्रकोपः पतति न सलिलं खाद्भस्म रूक्षासिताभे ॥४४॥ Sloka 44.—When Venus is of the colour of fire, there is danger from fire ; if red, there will be war ; if golden, diseases will break out ; if green or tawny, asthma and cough will prevail ; and if ashy, coarse or dark in appearance, not a drop of water will fall from heaven. दधिकुमुदशशाङ्ककान्तिमृत्स्फुटविकसत्किरणो बृहत्तनुः । सुगतिरविकृतो जयान्वितः कृतयुगरूपकरः सिताह्वयः ॥४५॥ Sloka 45.—When Venus is of the colour of curd, lotus (Kumuda), or the Moon, with rays bright and far- expanding, with an orb full and large, with a good gait i. e., not retrograde, and going north of the star, not accompanied by portents, and victorious in planetary war, he bestows the semblance of the golden age. तथा च-कूटाकारनिभः स्निग्धो मार्गस्थो रजतप्रभः । भार्गवो विस्तृतार्चिश्च प्रजाभावकरः स्मृतः ॥-इति प्रावृषि शुक्रः प्राच्यां दिशि स्थितोऽल्पं जलं सृजति नित्यम् । धान्यं च भूरि कुरुतं तृणं च बहु जायते तत्र ॥ अपरां निषेव्यमाणः काष्ठां शुक्नो जलं सृजति भूरि । धान्यं कुरुते चाल्प तृणं न बहु जायते तत्र ॥ Thus ends the 9th Adhyaya on "the course of Venus."