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

Adh. LXXXVI. Sl. 13.] षडशीतितमोऽध्यायः 649 addtions in some previous chapters. We have to refer to this Sloka while commenting upon the term दीप्त occurring previously. तत्पञ्चमदिशां तुल्यं शुभं त्रैकाल्यमादिशेत् । परिशेषदिशोर्वाच्यं यथासन्नं शुभाशुभम् ॥१३॥ Sloka 13 ---Omens occurring in the 5th directions from these three—Charcoal, Burning and Smoking—augur well equally for the past, present and future. The good or bad effects of omens occurring in the remaining two quarters will have to be judged from their proximity to the particular Tranquil quarter. To make this clear :-It has been already stated that 3 quar- ters at a time get the appellations of Charcoal, Burning and Smok- ing and that the remaining 5, of Tranquil. Here the author speaks of the 5th quarter counted from any one of these three. If we take the first triad N. E., E and S. E. (Charcoal, Burning and Smoking) we get as the 5th ones to these : S. W., W and N. W. respectively. Similarly in the case of other triads. So of these 5 Tranquil quarters, only one is very beneficial to the particular member of the triad ; e. g., a good omen in the 5th quarter from 'Charcoal' indicates some good thing that has already occurred ; from the 'Burning', a good thing that takes place the same day ; and from the 'Smoking' a good thing that is going to take place in the near future. Similarly a bad omen in these indicates only very slight harm. Suppose an omen takes place not in the 5th quarter from any member of the triad, but one place this side or that ; then we will have to see to which of the Tranquil quarters it is proximate and then predict the results; e. g., let us take the 'Burning' direction. Suppose an evil omen occurs not in the 5th from this, but near the 5th from 'Charcoal'; then the bad effect which had been already felt was slight ; similarly, if a good omen takes place, there was some good effect : but if there is a good omen near the 5th from 'Smoking', the evil effect in the future will be moderate ; if it is a bad one, the same in the future will be very great. बृ. सं 82.