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

410 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LI. Sl. 14-17] Sloka 13.—If he scratches the earth with his big toe, his thoughts will be about lands. If he scratches the feet with his hand, they are about a maid servant. तालभूर्जपटदर्शनेऽशुकं चिन्तयेत्कचतुषास्थिभस्मगम् । व्याधिराश्रयति रज्जुजालकं वल्कलं च समवेक्ष्य बन्धनम् ॥१४॥ Sloka 14.—When the querist is looking at palm- leaves or birch-bark, his thoughts are about garments; when he is standing on hair, husk, bone or ashes, he will be afflicted with disease; and when he stands on or looks at ropes, nets or barks, he will be imprisoned. पिप्पलीमरिचशुण्ठिवारिदै रोध्रकुष्ठवसनाम्बुजीरकैः । गन्धमांसिशतपुष्पया वदेत्पृच्छतस्तगरकेण चिन्तयेत् ॥१५॥ स्त्रीपुरुषदोषपीडितसर्वाध्वसुतार्थधान्यतनयानाम् । द्विचतुष्पदक्षितीनां विनाशतः कीर्त्तितैर्वृष्टैः ॥१६॥ Slokas 15-16.—If long pepper (திப்பிலி), black pep- per, dried ginger, cyperus grass, lodhra, costus, cloth, water, cumin seeds, gandhamamsi, dill or Tagara be seen or mentioned by the querist, his thoughts will be about a woman's fault, a man's fault, a person in distress, loss of everything, missing of the road, loss of children, loss of money, destruction of corn, son's death, loss of bipeds (beasts with cloven hoofs), loss of quadrupeds and des- truction of lands respectively. न्यग्रोधमधुकतिन्दुकजम्बूप्लक्षाम्रबदरजातिफलैः । धनकनकपुरुषलोहांशुक्यरूप्यौदुम्बराप्तिरपि करगैः ॥१७॥ Sloka 17.—When the querist holds in his hand the fruits of Banyan tree, Madhuka, Tinduka, Jambu, Plak- sha, mangoes, and Jujube, he will get respectively money, gold, servants, iron, silken cloths, silver and copper.