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

554 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXXXVI. Sl. 28-30. Kartika); and the elephant and the Chataka bird in the month of Sravana. व्याघ्रर्क्षवानरद्वीपिमहिषाः सबिलेशयाः । हेमन्ते निष्फला ज्ञेया बालाः सर्वे विमानुषाः ॥२८॥ Sloka 28.--Tigers, bears, monkeys, leopards, buffa- loes, burrow-dwellers (mongoose and the like) and all young animals are of no consequence in Hemanta (Mar- gasira and Pushya); but boys do influence. Sage Parasara enumerates the seasons in which different ani- mals get intoxicated owing to their sexual craving :-In the vernal season, the cuckoos, peacocks, parrots, frogs, crows, cocks, cranes, doves, and so on get intoxicated; in the monsoon, the bees, pea- cocks, cuckoos, cranes, Chatakas, Sarangas, etc.; in autumn, the Chakoras, Kadambas, mynas, parrots, Chatakas, swans, ruddy geese, cranes, ospreys, bees, etc.; in Hemanta and Sisira, the vul- tures, ospreys, Kraunchas, swans, etc. Among beasts the jackals, hares, foxes, Chamara deer, monkeys, cats, mongooses, elephants, yalks, lions, tigers, tortoises, boars, etc., have it in Greeshma; the antelopes, elephants, bulls, etc. in the monsoon; the bulls, bucks, buffaloes, yalks, Chamara, etc. in autumn; cows, yalks, bulls, etc. in Hemanta and Sisira. ऐन्द्रानलदिशोर्मध्ये त्रिभागेषु व्यवस्थिताः । कोशाध्यक्षानलाजीवितपोयुक्ताः प्रदक्षिणम् ॥२९॥ Sloka 29.--Divide the space between the East and the South-east into three equal parts so as to have three points in between these two extremities, and assign them from left to right in order to Kosadhyaksha (lord of the exchequer), Analajeevi (those that live by the fire, gold- smiths, etc.), and Tapasas (Hermits). शिल्पी भिक्षुर्विवस्त्रा स्त्री याम्यानलदिगन्तरे । परतश्चापि मातङ्गगोपधर्मसमाश्रयाः ॥३०॥