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

Adh. LXXXVI. Sl. 8-11.] षडशीतितमोऽध्यायः 647 absence of a fixed habitat, Sage Garga, the senior, has written the following two verses explaining their general characteristics. पीनोन्नतविकृतांसाः पृथुग्रीवाः सुवक्षसः । स्वल्पगम्भीरविरुताः पुमांसः स्थिरविक्रमाः ॥८॥ तनूरस्कशिरोग्रीवाः सूक्ष्मास्यपदविक्रमाः । प्रसक्तमृदुभाषिण्यः स्त्रियोऽतोऽन्यन्नपुंसकम् ॥९॥ Slokas 8-9.—“The male creatures have fleshy, high and large shoulders, broad necks, a fine breast, small but deep sound and great valour (or firm gait ?); whereas the female ones have slender breast, head and neck, small face and feet, little courage and harmonious and melodi- ous voice. Those that are possessed of characteristics different from these are eunuchs.” Eunuch will have masculine as well as feminine characte- ristics combined in them. ग्रामारण्यप्रचाराद्यं लोकादेवोपलक्षयेत् । सञ्चिक्षिप्तुरहं वच्मि यात्रामात्रप्रयोजनम् ॥१०॥ Sloka 10.—The creatures that live in villages, fo- rests, etc., are to be understood only from conventional knowledge. Here I should like to delineate in brief only those that are relevant to journeys. पंथ्यात्मानं नृपं सैन्ये पुरे चोद्दिश्य देवताम् । सार्थे प्रधानं साम्ये स्याज्जातिविद्यावयोऽधिकम् ॥११॥ Sloka 11.—A man going on a journey ought to con- sider the omens, good or bad, as relating to his own person; in a marching army, they relate to the sove- reign; in a city, to the tutelary deity (or to the Mayor); in an assembly, to the chieftain. When there are many