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

366 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XLVI. Sl. 87-91. रक्तपद्मारुणा सन्ध्या नभः क्षुब्धार्णवोपमम् । सरितां चाम्बुसंशोषं दृष्ट्वा ग्रीष्मे शुभं वदेत् ॥८७॥ Slokas 86-87.—The following portents seen in Summer, i. e., in Jyeshta and Ashadha, are said to be auspicious : the sky tarnished with shooting stars and falling meteors ; the orbs of the Sun and the Moon being tawny ; blaze and explosion without fire, smoke and dust filling the sky ; the twilight red like the red lotus ; the sky resembling the ocean with surging billows ; and the drying up of the waters of the rivers. शक्रायुधपरीवेष विद्युच्छुष्कविरोहणम् । कम्पोद्वर्तनवैकल्यं रसनं दरणं क्षितेः ॥८८॥ सरोनद्युदपानानां वृद्धयूर्ध्वतरणप्लवाः । सरणं चाद्रिगेहानां वर्षासु न भयावहम् ॥८९॥ Slokas 88-89.—The following portents are not harm- ful in the rainy season :— Rainbow, haloes, lightning, the sprouting up of withered trees, trembling, upheaval and unnatural appearance, rumbling and splitting of the earth ; rising, overflowing and inundations of lakes, rivers and wells ; and breaking of mountains and houses. दिव्यस्त्रीभूतगन्धर्वविमानाद्भुतदर्शनम् । ग्रहनक्षत्रताराणां दर्शनं च दिवाऽम्बरे ॥९०॥ गीतवादित्रनिर्घोषा वनपर्वतसानुषु । सस्यवृद्धिरपां हानिरपापाः शरदि स्मृताः ।९१॥ Slokas 90-91.—In autumn, the following portents augur well:—The sight of celestial nymphs, spirits, Gandharvas, aerial chariots, marvellous things and pla- nets, asterisms and stars by day in the sky ; sounds of