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

650 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXXXVI. Sl. 14-15. शीघ्रमासन्ननिम्नस्थैश्चिरादुन्नतदूरगैः । स्थानवृद्धयुपघाताच तद्वद्ब्रूयात्फलं पुनः ॥१४॥ Sloka 14.—Omens occurring near by and at a lower level bear fruit (good or bad) immediately ; whereas those far off and at a higher place, in distant future. Moreover the predictions will have to be made suitably after a consideration of the growing or diminishing nature of the place on which the omen is perched. Suppose a bad omen is seen on a growing thing (say, a tree); then the malefic effect will not be excessive ; similarly, if there is a good one there, the beneficial effect will be very great and in- creasing gradually. Suppose there is a bad omen in a dying tree ; the bad effects will be extreme ; so also a good one there will pro- duce very little good effect. Parasara gives another set of दीप्त and शान्त objects as omens. क्षणातिथ्युडुवाताकैर्देवदीप्तो यथोत्तरम् । क्रियादीप्तो गतिस्थानभावस्वरविचेष्टितैः ॥१५॥ Slokas 15.—An omen is said to be blasted by a divine agency when it occurs in a malefic Muhurta, lunar day and lunar mansion, when the wind blows foul and the Sun is in opposition ; whereas it is blasted by action, when it has untoward gait, position, disposition, sound and movements of limbs. In both the sets, the power of each element is greater than its predecessor. In the Muhurtas of dreadful and cruel asterisms an omen is 'blasted'; so too in the 4th, 6th, 8th, 9th and 14th lunar days ; in the stars Mula, Jyeshta, Aslesha, Ardra ,Bharani, Visakha, Magha, Krittika and Purvaphalguni (and other Parvas); during the wind which is fierce, rough, strong and unfavourable; in a direction op- posite the Sun, and in one where there is such a wind as given above. Thus there are five varieties of Blasting an omen through a divine agency. There are five other varieties called 'Blasting of