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

Adh. XXXIII. Sl. 24-28.] त्रयस्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः 287 music, songs and loud cries, the country and its ruler will come to grief. यस्थाश्चिरं तिष्ठति खेऽनुषङ्गो दण्डाकृतिः सा नृपतेर्भयाय । या चोह्यते तन्तुधृतेव खस्था या वा महेन्द्रध्वजतुल्यरूपा ॥२४॥ Sloka 24.—A meteor which having the shape of a rod leaves its trail on the sky for a long time, betokens danger to the king. So does one that appears to be carried along the sky by a thread, or that has the appear- ance of Indra's banner. श्रेष्ठिनः प्रतीपगा तिर्यगा नृपाङ्गनाम् । हन्त्यधोमुखी नृपान् ब्राह्मणानथोर्ध्वगा ॥२५॥ बर्हिपुच्छरूपिणी लोकसङ्क्षयावहा । सर्पवत् प्रसर्पती योषितामनिष्टदा । २६॥ हन्ति मण्डला पुरं छत्रवत् पुरोहितम् । वंशगुल्मवत् स्थिता राष्ट्रदोषकारिणी ॥२७॥ व्यालसूकरोपमा विस्फुलिङ्गमालिनी । खण्डशोऽथवा गता सखना च पापदा ॥२८॥ Slokas 25-28.—One that goes backwards destroys merchants ; crosswise, king's wife ; with its head down- wards, kings ; head upwards, Brahmins ; one that re- sembles the peacock's tail brings about the extirpation of the people ; one creeping like a snake, is disastrous to women ; one falling in a circular form, destroys the town ; in the form of an umbrella, the royal priest ; in the form of a bamboo-cluster, is troublesome to the kingdom ; one that resembles snakes or boars and is accompanied by a wreath of sparks, or is shattered to pieces and attended with noise, proves sinful in effect.