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

32 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. III. Sl. 37-39 तथा च वृद्धगर्गः तथाग्निना प्रज्वलिते गृहे तप्यन्त्यदूरिणः। तथार्कस्थाप्यदूरस्थमृक्षं तदपि तप्यते ॥ इति. दिवसकृतः प्रतिसूर्यो जलकृदुदग्दक्षिणे स्थितोऽनिलकृत् । उभयस्थः सलिलमयं नृपमुपरि निहन्त्यधो जनहा ॥३७ Sloka 37.—If the mock-Sun (halo) be to the north of the Sun, there will be rain ; if to the south, there will be danger from floods; if above, there will be danger to the king ; if below (i. e., towards the horizon), then the people will perish. रुधिरनिभो वियत्यवनिपांन्तकरो न चिरात् परुषरजोऽरुणीकृततनुर्यदि वा दिनकृत् । असिताविचित्रनीलपरुषो जनघातकरः खगमृगभैरवखररुतैश्च निशाद्युमुखे ॥३८। Sloka 38.—If the Sun be of blood-colour when in the mid-sky, it portends the destruction of the king at no distant date. The same effect will be the case if the Sun should appear red by a dry dust-storm. If his colour be dark, variegated, blue or soiled, and if birds and beasts howl dreadfully at the times of Sunset or Sunrise, the death of many people will be the result. In the 4th पाद खररुतैश्च is another reading for स्वरुतैश्च अमलवपुरवक्रमण्डलः स्फुटविपुलामलदीर्घदीधितिः । अविकृततनुवर्णचिह्नभृज्जगति करोति शिवं दिवाकरः॥३९॥ Sloka 39.—A Sun with a spotless form, clear and not crooked, with bright, abundant, clear and long rays and bearing a natural appearance, colour and features will prove auspicious to the whole mankind.