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

264 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XXX, Sl. 17-20. Sloka 16.—The collection of Sun-beams, clouds and wind, taking the form of a staff is called a Danda or rod. If the Danda is seen in the intermediate directions, misery will befall the kings, while, in the cardinal direc- tions, it forebodes evil to Brahmins, Kshatriyas, etc., respectively. शस्त्रभयातङ्ककरो दृष्टः प्राच्याद्यसन्धिषु दिनस्य । शुक्लाद्यो विप्रादीन् यदभिमुखस्तां निहन्ति दिशम् ॥१७॥ Sloka 17.—The Rod observed at dawn, noon and twilight produces danger from weapons (war) and diseases; while the same with white, red, yellow and dark colours destroys the four classes in order. Also, it destroys the particular direction which it faces. That part of the Rod which is near the Sun is called its bottom and the other end is its face. दधिसदृशाग्रो नीलो भानुच्छादी खमध्यगोऽभ्रतरुः । पीतच्छुरिताश्च घना घनमूला भूरिवृष्टिकराः ॥१८॥ Sloka 18.—Blue and tree-shaped clouds, which being situated at the zenith of the sky and having a curd- like top, screen the Sun and those tinged yellow with a dense bottom, produce copious rain. अनुलोमगोऽभ्रवृक्षे शमं गते यायिनो नृपस्य वधः । बालतरुप्रतिरूपिणि युवराजामात्ययोर्मृत्युः ॥१९॥ Sloka 19.—If a cloud-tree moving in the same direction (behind) as a marching monarch disappears suddenly, the king will be killed; while the same in the form of a young tree (plant) denotes the death of the prince (Yuvaraja) and minister. कुवलयवैडूर्याम्बुजकिञ्जल्काभा प्रभञ्जनोन्मुक्ता । सन्ध्या करोति वृष्टिं रविकिरणोद्भासिता सद्यः ॥२०॥