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

448 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LI. Sl. 89-92. fatigue of a journey ; how much more then on those who have a permanent home on it ? सचिवालयेऽर्थनाशो धूर्त्तगृहे सुतवधः समीपस्थे । उद्वेगो देवकुले चतुष्पथे भवति चाकीर्त्तिः ॥८९॥ चैत्ये भयं ग्रहकृतं वल्मीकश्वभ्रसङ्कुले विपदः । गर्त्तायां तु पिपासा कूर्माकारे धनविनाशः ॥९०॥ Slokas 89-90.—If a minister's house is nearby, there will be loss of wealth ; if a rogue's (or gambler's) house, death of a son; if a temple, mental affliction; if a cross-way, ill repute ; if a holy tree, danger from planetary influences; if a house is filled with ant hills or holes, calamities; if a chasm is nearby, thirst ; and if the ground is in the shape of a tortoise, loss of money. उदगादिप्लवमिष्टं विप्रादीनां प्रदक्षिणेनैव । विप्रः सर्वत्र वसेदनुवर्णमथेष्टमन्येषाम् ॥९१॥ Sloka 91.—If there is a slope towards the north, the ground is auspicious for Brahmins ; one towards the east, for Kshatriyas ; one towards the south, for Vaisyas ; one towards the west, for Sudras. Others hold that Brahmins may dwell in any directon, and others according to their rank ; i.e., Kshatriyas in ground inclined towards the east, south or west ; Vaisyas towards south or west ; Sudras towards the west alone. गृहमध्ये हस्तमितं खात्वा परिपूरितं पुनः श्वभ्रम् । यन्न्यूनमनिष्टं तत्समे समं धन्यमधिकं यत् ॥९२॥ Sloka 92.—In the centre of the house-site, dig a pit, one cubit in diameter and depth. If, on fiilling it with the same earth, the pit is insufficiently filled, it is harmful;