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

Adh. LXVIII. Sl. 63 67.] अष्टषष्टितमोऽध्यायः 555 nose similar to a parrot's beak gives happiness ; a dry (without flesh) one, long life. One apparently cut, con- nection with forbidden women ; a long one, fortune ; a curved one, stealing nature ; a flat one, death at the hands of a woman ; one crooked at the tip, wealth ; one turned to the right, cruelty and improvidence ; and a straight one with small nostrils and fine slopes, good fortune. धनिनां क्षुतं सकृद्वित्रिपिण्डितं ह्रादि सानुनादं च । दीर्घायुषां प्रमुक्तं विज्ञेयं संहतं चैव ॥६३॥ Sloka 63.—Sneezing once, twice or thrice, high- pitched and resonant is the sign of the wealthy ; a pro- longed one as well as one of the same pitch throughout, of the long-lived. Others interpret it as :—Only once sneezing is.........of the wealthy ; twice or thrice sucessively sneezing, high-pitched, re- sonant, etc.. of the long-lived. पद्मदलामैर्धनिनो रक्तान्तविलोचनाः श्रियो भाजः । मधुपिङ्गलैर्महार्था मार्जारविलोचनैः पापाः ॥६४॥ हरिणाक्षा मण्डललोचनाश्च जिह्मैश्च लोचनैश्चौराः । क्रूराः केकरनेत्रा गजसदृशविलोचनाश्चभूपतयः ॥६५॥ ऐश्वर्यं गम्भीरैर्नीलोत्पलकान्तिभिश्च विद्वांसः । अतिकृष्णतारकाणामक्ष्णामुत्पाटनं भवति ॥६६॥ मन्त्रित्वं स्थूलदृशां श्यावाक्षाणां भवति सौभाग्यम् । दीना दृष्टिःस्वानां स्निग्धा विपुलाथभोगवताम् ॥६७॥ Slokas 64-67.—Men become wealthy with eyes re- sembling the petals of a lotus ; wealthy and fortunate, with those that have red corners ; immensely rich with those coloured tawny like honey ; sinners, with feline