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

Adh. LXXIX. Sl. 26-28.] एकोनाशीतितमोऽध्यायः 625 If blood comes out from the cut, there will be calamity to the people; if the cut be dark, grey, rough and bad- smelling, disaster is near. शुक्लः समः सुगन्धिः स्निग्धश्च शुभावहो भवेच्छेदः । अशुभशुभच्छेदा ये शयनेष्वपि ते तथा फलदाः ॥२६॥ Sloka 26.—A cut that is white, even, fine-smelling, and glossy leads to prosperity; just as auspicious and in- auspicious cuts produce good and bad results, even so do the trees used for couches. ईषायोगे दारु प्रदक्षिणाग्रं प्रशस्तमाचार्यैः । अपसव्यैकदिगग्रे भवति भयं भूतसञ्जनितम् ॥२७॥ Sloka 27.—In fitting up the frame of the couch, the tips of the beams should be laid in a direction from left to right; so say the ancient seers. If they be laid contrariwise, or all turned to one direction, there would be danger from devils. ईषा is the frame consisting of two short beams, one on the headside, and the other on the footside, and two others on the two sides. The side beams are fixed into the two other smaller beams. In doing so take the head side where the foot of the beam faces north and tip, the south, the foot of ths southern beam should be fixed into the tip of the first beam, and so on, This is called प्रदक्षिणाग्र. The tips of both the beams should not be put together. एकेनावाक्शिरसा भवति हि पादेन पादवैकल्यम् । द्वाभ्यां न जीर्यतेऽन्नं त्रिचतुर्भिः क्लेशवधबन्धाः ॥२८॥ Sloka 28.—If one of the legs is put topsy-turvy, the owner will have one of his feet crippled; If two, he can- not digest his food; and if three or four, he will have misery, death and captivity, Here 'topsy-turvy' is used in respect of the timber and not the leg as such. बृ सं 79