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

Adh. V. Sl. 98. VI-1.] षष्ठोऽध्यायः 75 Sloka 97.—If after a lunar eclipse there should hap- pen a solar one at the end of the fortnight, the effect will be that people will become wicked and unjust in their behaviour and there will be disharmony among couples. अर्कग्राहात्तु शशिनो ग्रहणं यदि दृश्यते ततो विप्राः । नैकक्रतुफलभाजो भवन्ति मुदिताः प्रजाश्चैव ॥९८॥ Sloka 98.—If a lunar eclipse happens at the next fortnight after a solar one, the Brahmins will perform many sacrifices and be blessed thereby and the entire population will be happy and contented. When a solar or lunar eclipse occurs, persons at whose birth the Moon occupied the same sign as at the eclipse, should perform expiatory ceremonies in order to ward off any calamities that may befall them or their families. These are explained in detail in Adhyaya 67 of the मत्स्यपुराण-Mathsya Purana. They generally relate to the worship of the lords of the eight quarters headed by Indra in four earthen pots filled with herbs, mud, gems, etc. repre- senting the four oceans, and of Brahmins with the presents of cows and clothes. Thus ends the fifth Adhyaya on the 'course of Rahu'. भौमचारः ॥६॥ Mars. यद्युदयर्क्षाद्वक्रं करोति नवमाष्टसप्तमर्क्षेषु । तद्वक्त्रमुष्णमुदये पीडाकरमग्निवार्तानाम् ॥१॥ Sloka 1.—Note the asterism occupied by Mars at the time he emerges after his last conjunction with the Sun. If he should begin his retrograde motion when he is passing the 7th, 8th or 9th star reckoned from the aforesaid asterism, it is called वक्त्रमुष्ण-Vaktramushna. People eking their livelihood through working on fire will suffer thereby.