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

58 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. V. Sl. 41-42 सिन्धून् is another reading for साधून् धन्विन्यमात्यवरवाजिविदेहमल्लान् पाञ्चालवैद्यवणिजो विषमायुधज्ञान् । हन्यान्मृगे तु झषमन्त्रिकुलानि नीचान् मन्त्रौषधीषु कुशलान् स्थविरायुधीयान् ॥४१॥ Sloka 41.—If the Sun or the Moon be eclipsed while in Dhanus, the chief ministers in the country, the horses, the people of Videha, wrestlers, the Panchala people, physicians, traders, people who are rough and hard, men who know the use of arms, all these will suffer. The eclipse in Makara will do away with fishes, ministers and their families, all men of the lower class, people who are clever in the use of magic and herbs, people that are old and infirm and those living by weapons. कुम्भेऽन्तर्गिरिजान् सपश्चिमजनान् भारोद्वहांस्तस्करा- नाभीरान्दरदाऽऽर्य्यसिंहपुरकान् हन्यात्तथा बर्बरान् । मीने सागरकूलसागरजलद्रव्याणि वन्यान् जनान् प्राज्ञान्वार्युपजीविनश्च भफलं कूर्म्मोपदेशाद्वदेत् ॥४२॥ Sloka 42.—Through the eclipse occurring in sign Kumbha, people in the interior of mountains, those living in the west, bearers of burdens, thieves, the Abheeras, the Daradas, all nobles, people living in Simhapura and the Barbaras will be affected. The eclipse formed in sign Meena will destroy the substances that are obtained in the shores of oceans and those derived from the seas, people living in forests, learned men and those that earn their livelihood through water and water-products.) The effects of eclipses occurring in any of the asterisms will be felt in those countries signified by them as