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

584 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXX. Sl. 23-26. या तूत्तरोष्ठेन समुन्नतेन रूक्षाग्रकेशी कलहप्रिया सा । प्रायो विरूपासु भवन्ति दोषा यत्राकृतिस्तत्र गुणा वसन्ति ॥२३॥ Sloka 23.—A woman whose upper lip is very high, and the hair rough at the tips, is fond of quarrel. Gene- rally, blemishes exist in those that are ugly or deformed ; and virtues dwell in those that have a pleasant appear- ance or form. Kalidasa in Kumarasambhava says in Canto V— यदुच्यते पार्वति पापवृत्तये न रूपमित्यव्यभिचारि तद्वचः । तथा हि ते रूपं The last quarter is suggested by Kalidasa and is worth its weight in gold. पादौ सगुल्फौ प्रथमं प्रदिष्टौ जङ्घे द्वितीयं तु सजानुचक्रे । मेढ्रोरुमुष्कं च ततस्तृतीयं नाभिः कटिश्चैव चतुर्थमाहुः ॥२४॥ उदरं कथयन्ति पञ्चमं हृदयं षष्ठमतः स्तनान्वितम् । अथ सप्तममंसजत्रुणी कथयन्त्यष्टममोष्ठकन्धरे ॥२५॥ नवमं नयने च सुभ्रूणी संललाटं दशमं शिरस्तथा । अशुभेष्वशुभं दशाफलं चरणाद्येषु शुभेषु शोभनम् ॥२६॥ Slokas 24-26.—The feet with the ankle-joints are said to represent the first stage of life ; the shanks with the knees, the second ; the genital organ, thighs and tes- ticles, the third ; the navel and the hips, the fourth ; the stomach, the fifth ; the heart and the breasts, the sixth ; the shoulders and the collar-bones, the seventh ; the lips and the neck, the eighth ; the eyes and the brows, the ninth ; and the head and the forehead, the tenth. When the feet and other limbs are inauspicious, the effects of the particular stages of life will be harmful ; and good, when they are auspicious. If a limb is lean and lank or full of veins, it is inauspicious ; otherwise, good. The particular period of life denoted by a limb that is inauspicious will be miserable, etc. Thus ends the 70th Adhyaya on 'the Characteristics of Maidens.'