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

Adh. LI. Sl. 18-22.] एकपञ्चाशत्तमोऽध्यायः 411 धान्यपरिपूर्णपात्रं कुम्भः पूर्णः कुटुम्बवृद्धिकरौ । गजगोशुनां पुरीषं धनयुवतिसुहृद्विनाशकरम् ॥१८॥ Sloka 18.—When he sees a vessel filled with corn or a pot full of water, his family will prosper. The sight of the dung of elephants, cows and dogs proves severally destructive to wealth, young ladies and friends. पशुहस्तिमहिषपङ्कजरजतव्याघ्रैर्लभेत सन्दृष्टैः । अविधननिवसनमलयजकौशेयाभरणसङ्घातम् ॥१९॥ Sloka 19.—When he sees a cow, elephant, buffalo, lotus, silver or tiger, he will obtain woollen articles, wealth, garments, sandal paste, silken cloths or collection of ornaments respectively. पृच्छा वृद्धश्रावकसुपरिव्राड्दर्शने नृभिर्विहिता । मित्रद्यूतार्थभवा गणिकानृपसूतिकाथकृता ॥२०॥ Sloka 20.—When the querist looks at an old Kapa- lika (a Saiva monk wearing skulls), his enquiry is about friends or gambling; when he looks at an ascetic of a high order, it is about a courtesan, king or woman in child-bed. शाक्योपाध्यायार्हन्निर्ग्रन्थनिमित्तनिगमकैवर्तैः । चौरचमूपतिवणिजां दासीयोधापणस्थवध्यानाम् ॥२१॥ Sloka 21.—If he sees a Buddhist monk, a teacher, a Jain monk, a naked fakir, a sooth-sayer, a trader of a city or a fisherman, his thought concerns respectively a thief, the commander of army, a merchant, a female servant, a soldier, a shop-keeper or a condemned criminal. तापसे शौण्डिके दृष्टे प्रोषितं पशुपालनम् । हृद्गतं पृच्छकस्य स्यादुञ्छवृत्तौ विपन्नता ॥२२॥