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

456 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LIII. Sl. 115-119. प्रागुत्तरोन्नते धनसुतक्षयः सुतवधश्च दुर्गन्धे । वक्रे बन्धुविनाशो न सन्ति गर्भाश्च दिङ्‌मूढे ॥११५॥ इच्छेद्यदि गृहवृद्धिं ततः समन्ताद्विवर्धयेत्तुल्यम् । एकोद्देशे दोषः प्रागथवाऽप्युत्तरे कुर्यात् ॥११६॥ Slokas 115-116.—If the house is elevated in the east or north, there will be loss of wealth and children; if there is stinking smell there, loss of a son ; if it is not straight, destruction of kinsmen ; and if it does not face any particular direction, no children will be born. If one wishes for the prosperity of a house, one ought to raise it to the same level on all sides. If at all there should be any fault, it should be either in the east or in the north. प्राग्भवति मित्रवैरं मृत्युभयं दक्षिणेन यदि वृद्धिः । अर्थविनाशः पश्चादुदग्विवृद्धिर्मनस्तापः ॥११७॥ Sloka 117.—When the house has an elevation to- wards the east, the owner will be at loggerheads with his friends; if towards the south, fear of death; if to- wards the west, loss of wealth ; and if towards the north, mental affliction. ऐशान्यां देवगृहं महानसं चापि कार्यमाग्नेय्याम् । नैर्ऋत्यां भाण्डोपस्करोऽर्थधान्यानि मारुत्याम् ॥११८॥ Sloka 118.—In a four-halled house, the chamber of worship should be situated in the north-east ; kitchen in the south-east ; the store-room in the south-west ; and the treasure-room and granary in the north-west. प्राच्यादिस्थे सलिले सुतहानिः शिखिभयं रिपुभयं च । स्त्रीकलहः स्त्रीदौष्ट्यं नैष्ठ्यं वित्तात्मजविवृद्धिः ॥११९॥