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

532 बृहत्संहितायाम् [ LXII. 2, LXIII 1. Sloka 1.—A dog three of whose legs have five nails and the right fore-foot six, whose lips and muzzle are red, which has the gait of a lion, smells the ground while running, has a shaggy tail, eyes like those of a bear, ears hanging and soft, such a dog being kept in a house promises ere-long great prosperity to the owner. तथा च गर्गः । त्रयः पादाः पञ्च नखा त्रयगो दक्षिणस्तथा । " षण्नखस्ताम्रनासो यस्ताम्रोष्ठः सिंहविक्रमः ॥ महीं जिघ्रन् मुदा याति लाङ्गूलं जटिलं तथा । ऋक्षाभे चक्षुषी कर्णौ मृदू चातिप्रलम्बितौ ॥ स श्वा नृपस्य महतीं श्रियं यच्छति पोषितः । पादे पादे पञ्च पश्चाग्रपादे वामे यस्याः षण्णखा मल्लिकाक्ष्याः । वक्रं पुच्छं पिङ्गलालम्बकर्णा या सा राष्ट्रं कुक्कुरी पाति पुष्टा ॥२॥ Sloka 2.—A bitch with five nails' on each foot, six on the left fore-foot, with eyes surrounded by white rings, with a crooked tail, and having a brown colour and hanging ears, protects the country if she is properly nur- tured. Thus ends the 62nd Adhyaya on "the Signs of Dogs" कुक्कुटलक्षणम् ॥६३॥ Signs of Cocks. कुक्कुटस्त्वृजतनूरुहाङ्गुलिस्ताम्रवक्त्रनखचूलिकः सितः । रौति सुखसमुषात्यये च यो वृद्धिदः स नृपराष्ट्रवाजिनाम् ॥१॥ Sloka 1.—A white cock with straight feathers and talons, with red face, nails and crest, and which crows pleasantly at dawn, bestows prosperity on the King, country and horses.