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

Adh. XIX. Sl. 22.] एकोनविंशोऽध्यायः 203 of robbers, will be deprived of cattle and properties and whole families will cry piteously owing to the murder of their near and dear ones and be oppressed by fell diseases and hunger. The sky will be bereft of clouds being chased by the wind ; all the trees with their branches broken down will cover the earth. The sky will not be illuminated by the rays of the Sun and the Moon, since it is covered with a dense mass of dust. Tanks and lakes will dry up ; and the rivers will become very shallow. In some parts, the crops will perish for want of water, in others, they get on being watered by artificial means ; and the Rain-god yields but little rain. तथा च यवनेश्वरः तुष्टाहपवर्षः प्रबलानिलाग्निविध्वस्तसस्यश्चलितक्षितीशः । मृत्युक्षुधातङ्कभयोपजुष्टः शनैश्चरोऽब्दः पशुशूद्रगोघ्नः ॥ तथा च समाससंहितायाम् दुर्भिक्षमरकं रोगान् करोति पवनं तथा । शनैश्चरोऽब्दो दोषांश्च विग्रहांश्चैव भूभुजाम् ॥ संवत्सरोक्तं सकलमृतुमासायनेषु च । फलं ग्रहस्य वक्तव्यं बलयुक्तस्य नान्यथा ॥ अणुरपटुमयूखो नीचगोऽन्यैर्जितो वा न सकलफलदाता पुष्टिदोऽतोऽन्यथा यः । यदशुभमशुभेऽब्दे मासजं तस्य वृद्धिः शुभफलमपि चैवं याप्यमन्योन्यतायाम् ॥२२॥ Śloka 22.—If a planet be small, with faint rays, be posited in his depression house or be overcome by another, he will not give any good result. If he be otherwise i. e., big, with brilliance, posited in a good house, or be victorious in war, he will confer great prosperity. If the lords of the year and the month be both malefic, then