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

354 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XLVI. Sl. 35-39. अर्धेन यदा तैलं भवति तिलानामपैलता वा स्यात् । अन्नस्य च वैरस्यं तदा तु विन्द्याद्भयं सुमहत् ॥३५॥ Sloka 35.—When sesamum seeds yield only half the quantity of oil or no oil at all, and food loses its taste, one should know that there is great danger im- pending. विकृतकुसुमं फलं वा ग्रामादथवा पुराद्बहिः कार्यम् । सौम्योऽत्र चरुः कार्यो निर्वाप्यो वा पशुः शान्त्यै ॥३६॥ सस्ये च दृष्टा विकृतिं प्रदेयं तत्क्षेत्रमेव प्रथमं द्विजेभ्यः । तस्यैव मध्ये चरुमत्र भौमं कृत्वा न दोषं समुपैति तज्जम् ॥३७॥ Slokas 36-37.—An unnatural flower or fruit should be removed from the village or town. For the expia- tion of the portent, cooked rice should be offered to Soma and a goat sacrificed. On seeing any unnatural pheno- menon in the crop, the field itself should be made over to Brahmins at first ; and at the centre of the field, the owner should make an offering of cooked rice to the Earth. By so doing, he will not experience the evil effects of the portents. (5) Portents connected with Rainfall. दुर्भिक्षमनावृष्टावतिवृष्टौ क्षुद्भयं परभयं च । रोगो ह्यनृतुभव्रात्यां नृपतिवधोऽनभ्रजातायाम् ॥३८॥ Sloka 38.—Drought foretells famine ; excessive rain, famine and threat of foreign invasion ; untimely rain, disease ; and rain without clouds, the King's death. शीतोष्णावपर्यासो नो सम्यगृतुषु च सम्प्रवृत्तेषु । षण्मासाद्राष्ट्रभयं रोगभयं दैवजनितं च ॥३९॥ Sloka 39.—Cold in the hot season and heat in the cold season, and the seasons not functioning properly,