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

54 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. V. Sl. 28-31.

• Slokas 28-31.—If the eclipse should begin when the Sun or the Moon has just half-risen, the low tribes, Chandalas, etc., will suffer and all sacrifices will be destroyed. (If the visible portion of the sky be divided into seven equal divisions and if such an event happen in the first division, those that earn their livelihood with the help of fire such as gold-smiths, virtuous men, Brahmins and hermits will suffer. Agriculturists, here- tics, traders, the Kshatriyas, leaders of the army, these will be destroyed, if the eclipse happens in the second division.) The eclipse that occurs in the third division will bring on distress to artisans, artists, the Sudras, the Mlechchas and ministers. (When the eclipse happens in mid-day, i. e., the central or fourth division, the king and the central country will be destroyed; corn will sell at fair rates.) Quadrupeds, ministers, people in the harem and Vaisyas will perish when the eclipse occurs in the 5th division of the sky. The eclipse in the sixth division will destroy the womankind and the Sudras; while thieves and people living in the border countries will be annihilated when the eclipse occurs at the setting time. When the end of the eclipse happens in the several divisions of the sky referred to above, the effect will prove good to the corresponding people. तथा च काश्यपः उदितास्तमितौ ग्रस्तौ सर्वसस्यक्षयङ्करौ । सर्वग्रस्तौ यदा पश्येद्दुर्भिक्षं तत्र जायते ॥ प्रथमांशे विप्रपीडा क्षत्रियाणां द्वितीयके । शूद्राणां च तृतीयांशे चतुर्थे मध्यदेशिनाम् ॥