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

Adh. LI. Sl. 3-6.] एकपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः 407 flowers and crops, which pleases the heart through the limpidity of its sweet water and which is covered with beautiful green grass. छिन्नभिन्नकृमिखातकण्टकिप्लुष्टरूक्षकुटिलैर्न सत्कुजैः । क्रूरपक्षियुतनिन्द्यनामभिः शुष्कशीर्णबहुपर्णचर्मभिः ॥३॥ Sloka 3.—Inauspicious is a place abounding in trees which are cut, split, worm-eaten, thorny, scorched, coarse, crooked, inhabited by ill-omened birds, bearing censu- rable names and having many withered leaves and barks fallen. श्मशानशून्यायतनं चतुष्पथं तथाऽमनोज्ञं विषमं सदोषरम् । अवस्कराङ्गारकपालभस्ममिश्रितं तुषैः शुष्कतृणैर्न शोभनम् ॥४॥ Sloka 4.—Equally inauspicious is a place such as the burial ground, a desolate shrine, a place where four roads meet, one that does not appeal to the heart, rugged ground, a sandy place, one that is covered with rubbish, charcoal, potsherds, ashes, husks and dry grass. प्रव्रजितनग्ननापितरिपुबन्धनसौनिकैस्तथा श्वपचैः । कितवयतिपीडितैर्युतमायुधमाध्वीकविक्रयैर्न शुभम् ॥५॥ Sloka 5.—Similarly unfavourable will be places that are occupied by ascetics, naked persons, barbers, enemies, butchers, dog-eaters, gamblers, hermits, sick persons as well as a prison, armoury, apiary or shops where honey' is sold. प्रागुत्तरेशाश्च दिशः प्रशस्ताः प्रष्टुर्न वाय्वम्बुयमाग्निरक्षः । पूर्वाह्नकालेऽस्ति शुभं न रात्रौ सन्ध्याद्वये प्रश्नकृतोऽपराह्ने ॥६॥ Sloka 6.—The best directions for a query are the East, North and North-east ; North-west, West, South and South-east and South-west are unfavourable for the