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

332 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XLIII. Sl. 65-66. ग्लायन्त्युदक्प्रभृति च क्रमशः द्विजाद्यान् भङ्गे च बन्धकीवधः कथितः कुमार्याः ॥६५॥ रज्जत्सञ्छेदने बालपीडा राज्ञो मातुः पीडनं मातृकायाः । यद्यत्कुर्युर्बालकाश्चारणा वा तत्तत्तादृग्भावि पापं शुभं वा ॥६६॥ Slokas 62-66.—The wise declare that there is great danger in store for the King if a carcass-eating bird, owl, dove, crow or vulture sits on the Banner. If it be a blue jay, the danger is for the Yuvaraja ; an eagle sitting on it, will deprive the King of his eyes. The King will die if the umbrella on the banner breaks or falls down If honey-bees cling to it, there will be danger from thieves ; a meteor falling on it augurs the preceptor's death ; a lightning, that of the queen. The fall of a flag denotes the queen's death, while that of an ornament augurs drought. If the staff should break in the middle, top and bottom, the ministers, the King and the citizens will respectively meet with their end. When the staff is covered with smoke, there is danger from fire ; when with darkness, mental aberration will be the result. The ministers will be destroyed if the figures of the snakes fall or break. If portents are observed in the north and other quarters, Brahmins and other castes will suffer. If any of the staffs called ' Indra's daughters' break, courtezans will die If the ropes should give way, children will suffer. If the prop at the bottom breaks, it indicates trouble to the King's mother. Whatever good or bad is done by boys or actors will have corres- ponding effects. तथा च गर्गः । प्रहृष्टमनसः सर्वे क्रीडेयुर्मुदिता यदि । यदा जलेन गन्धैश्च विस्तारसौभिक्षलक्षणम् ॥