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

290 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XXXIV. Sl. 5-8. सकलगगनानुचारी नैकाभः क्षतजसन्निभो रूक्षः । असकलशकटशरासनशृङ्गाटकवत् स्थितः पापः ॥५॥ Sloka 5.—Harmful is one which stays in the sky from morn till evening, shining with many a lustre, or like blood, and is rough, broken, having the form of a cart, bow or triangle. शिखिगलसमोऽतिवर्षं बहुवर्णे नृपवधो भयं धूम्रे । हरिचापनिभे युद्धान्यशोककुसुमप्रभे चापि ॥६॥ Sloka 6.—When a halo resembles the peacock's neck in colour, there will be excessive rain; when it has a variegated colour, a king will be slain; when it is of smoke colour, there will be unsafety or fear; and when it is of the colour of the Asoka flowers (red), or is of the rainbow, wars will rage. वर्णेनैकेन यदा बहुलः स्निग्धः क्षुराभ्रकाकीर्णः । ऋत्तौ सद्यो वर्षं करोति पीतश्च दीप्तार्कः ॥७॥ Sloka 7.—When a thick and glossy halo possesses the single colour fixed for the season and is strewn with little razor-like clouds, there will be rain on the same day; similarly, one that is yellow produces rain the same day, if the Sun shines fiercely. दीप्तमृगविहङ्गरुतः कलुषः सन्ध्यात्रयोत्थितोऽतिमहान् । भयकृत्तडिदुल्काद्यैर्हतो नृपं हन्ति शस्त्रेण ॥८॥ Sloka 8.—A huge and impure halo formed at dawn, noon or sunset, attended with the cries of the deer and birds facing the Sun, causes panic; and if struck by light- ning, meteors and the like, it kills a king by weapons. तथा च गर्गः उदयास्तमयोर्मध्ये सूर्याचन्द्रमसोर्द्वयोः । परिवेषः प्रदृश्येत तद्राष्ट्रमवसीदति ॥