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

412 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LI. Sl. 23-26. Sloka 22.-When he looks at an ascetic, a toddy- seller or one engaged in gleaning corn, his thought is severally about some body who has gone abroad, tending cattle or one that has come to grief. इच्छामि प्रष्टुं भण पश्यत्वार्यः समादिशेत्युक्ते । संयोगकु टुम्बो थ लाभैश्वर्योद्गता चिन्ता ॥२३॥ Sloka 23.-If the querist uses the expressions, viz., "I should like to ask", "please tell", "your honour may see" and "kindly predict", his thoughts are about some meeting, his family, profit and lordship (authority) respectively. निर्दिशेति गदिते जयाध्वजा प्रत्यवेक्ष्य मम चिन्तितं वद । आशु सर्वजनमध्यगं त्वया दृश्यतामिति च बन्धुचौरजा ॥२४॥ Sloka 24.-If he says 'Predict', he thinks of victory or travelling. If he says 'Think and tell my thoughts', his thought is about a relative; and, if he runs to the astrologer in the midst of a crowd and tells "Find out quickly", it is about a thief. अन्तःस्थेऽङ्गे स्वजन उदितो बाह्यजे बाह्य एव पादाङ्गुष्ठाङ्गुलिकलनया दासदासीजनः स्यात् । जङ्घे प्रेष्यो भवति भगिनी नामितो हृत्स्वभार्या पाण्यङ्गुष्ठाङ्गुलिचयकृतस्पर्शने पुत्रकन्ये ॥२५॥ मातरं जठरे मूर्ध्नि गुरुं दक्षिणवामकौ । बाहू भ्राताऽथ तत्पत्नी स्पृष्ट्वैवं चौरमादिशेत् ॥२६॥ Slokas 25-26.-If the questioner touches an internal part of the body, the thief is one belonging or related to the family; if an external part, it is an outsider; if a big toe, a man-servant; if a toe, a maid-servant; if the