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

192 वृहत्संहितायाम् XVII. 27, XVIII. 1. Slokas 25-26.—When Saturn is subdued by Venus, prices soar up, snakes, birds, and proud men suffer. Like- wise, the Tangana, Andhra, Udra, Kasi and Bahleeka countries will come to grief when Saturn is overcome by Mars. When he is defeated by Mercury, the Angas, merchants, birds, cattle and elephants suffer ; and when defeated by Jupiter, countries where women are predomi- nating in number, the Mahishakas and Scythians will be afflicted. अयं विशेषोऽभिहितो हतानां कुजज्ञवागीशसितासितानाम् । फलं तु वाच्यं ग्रहभक्तितोऽन्यद्यथा तथा घ्नन्ति हताः स्वभक्तीः ॥ Sloka 27.—Thus have been described the special effects of the defeat of Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn. The other—viz. general—effects are to be deter- mined from the previous Adhyaya. The more any planet is stricken, the more will he ruin all that belongs to his department. तथा च पराशरः । ग्रहस्य ये यस्य हताः स्वदेशाः पीडांश्मृच्छन्ति त एव तस्य । सम्प्राप्तवीर्याश्च जये समर्था भवन्ति तस्यार्द्धिचतुष्पदाद्याः ॥ Thus ends the 17th Adhyaya on 'Planetary Conflict.' शशिग्रहसमागमाध्यायः ॥१८॥ Conjunction of the Moon with planets or stars. भानां यथासम्भवमुत्तरेण यातो ग्रहाणां यदि वा शशाङ्कः । प्रदक्षिणं तच्छुभमृक्षराणां याम्येन यातो न शिवः शशाङ्कः ॥१॥ Sloka 1.—The Moon moving (more or less) to the north of the stars or planets wherever possible, i. e., keep-