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

Adh. XXX. Sl. 5-8.] त्रिंशत्तमोऽध्यायः 261 Sloka 4.—If at dawn or twilight a flock of deer or the wind be to the left of an army (and be facing the Sun), then a war will break out; if it be to the right of the army, cries pleasantly (and is not facing the Sun), the two armies will come together; if it be of mixed characteristics, there will be rain. दीप्तमृगाण्डजविरुता प्राक् सन्ध्या देशनाशमाख्याति । दक्षिणदिक्स्थैर्विरुता ग्रहणाय पुरस्य दीप्तास्यैः ॥५॥ Sloka 5.—If at dawn there be cries of birds and beasts facing the Sun, it forebodes the destruction of the country. If birds and beasts, which with their faces glowing in the Sun send forth their notes, stand to the south of a city, the latter will be captured by the enemies. गृहतरुतोरणमथने सपांसुलोष्टोत्करेऽनिले प्रबले । भैरवरावे रूक्षे खगपातिनि चाशुभा सन्ध्या ॥६॥ Sloka 6.—A dawn or twilight will be of dire con- sequences, if at the time a strong and rough wind blows making a howling noise, crushing houses, trees and arches, raising heaps of dust and clods of earth and throwing down birds from the sky. मन्दपवनावघट्टितचलितपलाशद्रुमा विपवना वा । मधुरस्वरशान्तविहङ्गमृगरुता पूजिता सन्ध्या ॥७॥ Sloka 7.—A dawn or twilight will prove beneficial if the leaves of trees are slightly shaken by the impact of a gentle breeze, or if there be no wind, and if animals and birds, not facing the Sun, send forth their melodious notes. सन्ध्याकाले स्निग्धा दण्डतडिन्मत्स्यपरिधिपरिवेषाः । सुरपतिचापैरावतरविकिरणाश्चाशु वृष्टिकराः ॥८॥