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

120 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. IX. Sl. 44-45
pecially those arising from the vitiation of bile, and
jaundice. The summer crops will flourish. Ascetics,
fire-worshippers, physicians, actors, wrestlers, etc., horses,
merchants, cows, vehicles, kings, all yellowish objects
and the western direction will be ruined.
शिखिभयमनलाभे शस्त्रकोपश्च रक्ते
कनकनिकषगौरे व्याधयो दैत्यपूज्ये ।
हरितकपिलरूपे श्वासकासप्रकोपः
पतति न सलिलं खाद्भस्म रूक्षासिताभे ॥४४॥
Sloka 44.—When Venus is of the colour of fire,
there is danger from fire ; if red, there will be war ;
if golden, diseases will break out ; if green or tawny,
asthma and cough will prevail ; and if ashy, coarse or
dark in appearance, not a drop of water will fall from
heaven.
दधिकुमुदशशाङ्ककान्तिमृत्स्फुटविकसत्किरणो बृहत्तनुः ।
सुगतिरविकृतो जयान्वितः कृतयुगरूपकरः सिताह्वयः ॥४५॥
Sloka 45.—When Venus is of the colour of curd,
lotus (Kumuda), or the Moon, with rays bright and far-
expanding, with an orb full and large, with a good gait
i. e., not retrograde, and going north of the star, not
accompanied by portents, and victorious in planetary war,
he bestows the semblance of the golden age.
तथा च-कूटाकारनिभः स्निग्धो मार्गस्थो रजतप्रभः ।
भार्गवो विस्तृतार्चिश्च प्रजाभावकरः स्मृतः ॥-इति
प्रावृषि शुक्रः प्राच्यां दिशि स्थितोऽल्पं जलं सृजति नित्यम् ।
धान्यं च भूरि कुरुतं तृणं च बहु जायते तत्र ॥
अपरां निषेव्यमाणः काष्ठां शुक्नो जलं सृजति भूरि ।
धान्यं कुरुते चाल्प तृणं न बहु जायते तत्र ॥
Thus ends the 9th Adhyaya on "the course of Venus."