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

Adh. XXVII. Sl. 3-5] सप्तविंशोऽध्यायः 245

• तद्द्योगसमुत्थितस्तु गजवत्तालाङ्कुशैर्घट्टिताः कीनाशा इव मन्दवारिकणिका मुञ्चन्ति मेघास्तदा ॥३॥ Sloka 3.—When at the above conjunction a very rough and howling south-wind blows, making the mon- keys dance through the leaves of palm-trees, bowers of creepers and trees, the clouds rising like the elephants which are struck and pricked by the goad shed a few drops of water like miserly persons. In the 3rd पाद, सर्वोद्योगसमुन्नताश्च is another reading. सूक्ष्मैलालवलीलवङ्गनिचयान् व्याघूर्णयन् सागरे भानोरस्तमये प्लवत्यविरतो वायुर्यदा नैर्ऋतः । क्षुत्तृष्णावृतमानुषास्थिशकलप्रस्तारभारच्छदा मत्ता प्रेतवधूरिवोग्रचपला भूमिस्तदा लक्ष्यते ॥४॥ Sloka 4.—If at sunset on the same day a south- west wind blows unceasingly tossing up and down in the sea heaps of small cardamoms, averrhoas and cloves, then the earth shrouded by a heavy load of scattered broken bones of men who have perished by hunger and thirst, appears wild and restless like a young lady just losing her husband. यदा रेणूत्पातैः प्रविचलसटाटोपचपलः प्रवातः पश्चाच्चेद्दिनकरकरापातसमये । तदा सस्योपेता प्रवरनिकराबद्धसमरा क्षितिः स्थानस्थानेष्वविरतवसामांसरुधिरा ॥५॥ Sloka 5.—If, at the time of the disappearance of the Sun's rays, there is a strong gale from the west, raising dust with its beating wings, the earth will be endowed with rich crops and have the leading monarchs