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

624 . बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXXIX. Sl. 21-25. Sloka 20.—Cut off a length (from the bottom) equal to twice the circumference of the tusk at the bottom and use the remainder for purposes of embellishment. A little more of it will have to be cut off in the case of elephants haunting marshy places, and a little less in the case of those haunting mountainous tracts. श्रीवृक्षवर्धमानच्छत्रध्वजचामरानुरूपेषु । छेदे दृष्टेष्वारोग्यविजयधनवृद्धिसौख्यानि ॥२१॥ प्रहरणसदृशेषु जयो नन्द्यावर्त्ते प्रनष्टदेशाप्तिः । लोष्टे तु लब्धपूर्वस्य भवति देशस्य सम्प्राप्तिः ॥२२॥ स्त्रीरूपे धननाशो भृङ्गारेऽभ्युत्थिते सुतोत्पत्तिः । कुम्भेन निधिप्राप्तिर्यात्राविघ्नं च दण्डेन ॥२३॥ कृकलासकपिभुजङ्गेष्वसुभिक्षव्याधयो रिपुवशित्वम् । गृध्रोलूकध्वाङ्क्षश्येनाकारेषु जनमरकः ॥२४॥ पाशेऽथवा कबन्धे नृपमृत्युर्जनविपत् सुते रक्ते । कृष्णे श्यावे रूक्षे दुर्गन्धे चाशुभं भवति ॥२५॥ Slokas 21-25.—When cutting the tusk, if figures resembling Bilwa trees, Vardhamana, umbre la, banner and chowries appear, sound health, victory, increase of wealth and happiness are to be expected. A figure simi- lar to a weapon gives victory ; one like a spiral turning to the right, recovery of lost lands ; one like a clod, com- plete possession of a country conquered before ; one like a woman, loss of wealth ; one like a vase, birth of a son; one like a pot, acquisition of a treasure ; one like a rod, obstacle to a journey ; those like chameleons, monkeys and serpents, famine, disease, and oppression by a foe ; those like eagles, owls, crows and hawks, pestilence ; one like a noose or a truncated body, bodes the king's death,