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

244 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XXVII. Sl. 1-2- वातचक्रम् ॥२७॥ The Wind Circle. It is said that this chapter is not by Varahamihira but is an insertion. पूर्वे पूर्वसमुद्रवीचिशिखरप्रस्फालनाघूर्णित- श्चन्द्राकांशुसटाकलापकलितो वायुर्यदाकाशतः । नैकान्तस्थितनीलमेघपटला शारद्यसंवर्धिता वासन्तोत्कटसस्यमण्डिततला सर्वा मही शोभते ॥१॥ Sloka 1.—If on the day of the full-moon in Ashadha an easterly wind blows from heaven, being tossed by the stroke of the tops of the billows of the eastern ocean and mingled with the mass of the mane-like rays of the Sun and the Moon, the whole earth will shine being enriched by the splendid vernal and autumnal crops and being covered overhead with groups of dark clouds every-where. यदाग्नेयो वायुर्मलयशिखरास्फालनपटुः प्लवत्यस्मिन् योगे भगवति पतङ्गे प्रवसति । तदा नित्योद्दीप्ता ज्वलनशिखरालिङ्गिततला स्वगात्रोष्मोच्छ्वासैर्वमति वसुधा भस्मनिकरम् ॥२॥ Sloka 2.—When the wind blows with such force as if to break off the peaks of the Malaya Mountain from the south-eastern part of the sky at sunset on the same full-moon day, the earth, blazing continuously with the flames of fire embracing (spreading on) its surface, will emit heaps of ashes along with the hot breath emanating from its own body. यदा वह्नौ वायुर्वहति गगने खण्डिततनुः is another reading. तालीपत्रलतावितानतरुभिः शाखामृगाभर्त्सयन् योगेऽस्मिन् प्लवति ध्वनिः सपरुषो वायुर्यदा दक्षिणः ।