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

144 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XI. Sl. 57-60.
chief of Ujjain will die. The lord of the Dandaka
country will be affected when the star is Hasta.
चित्रासु कुरुक्षेत्राधिपस्य मरणं समादिशेत्तज्ज्ञः ।
काश्मीरकाम्बोजौ नृपती प्राभञ्जने न स्तः ॥५७॥
Sloka 57. When a malign Ketu eclipses or touches
the star Chittra, people in the know should declare the
exit from the world of the chief of Kurukshetra. If the
star in question be Swati, the two kings of Kasmira and
Kamboja will cease to exist.
इक्ष्वाकुरलकनाथश्च हन्यते यदि भवेद्द्विशाखासु ।
मैत्रे पुण्ड्राधिपतिर्ज्येष्ठासु च सार्वभौमवधः ॥५८॥
Sloka 58. If Visakha be the asterism that is thus
eclipsed, the chiefs of the Ikshvakus and the Alakas will
become extinct. A bad comet hitting the star Anuradha,
the head of the Pundras will die. An emperor will meet
with his end if the star in question be Jyeshta.
मूलेऽन्ध्रमद्रकपती जलदेवे काशिपो मरणमेति ।
यौधेयकार्जुनायनशिविचेद्यान् वैश्वदेवे च ॥५९॥
Sloka 59. If the star Moola be eclipsed or dimmed
by a malign comet, the chiefs of Andhra and Madraka
countries will be killed. When the star in question is
Purvashadha, the king of Kasi will perish. If it be Uttara-
shadha, the kings of Yaudheya, Arjunayana, Sibi and
Chedi will meet with their destruction.
हन्यात् केकयनाथं पाञ्चनदं सिंहलाधिपं वाङ्गम् ।
नैमिषनृपं किरातं श्रवणादिषु षट्स्विमान् क्रमशः ॥६०॥
Sloka 60. If the asterism eclipsed happen to be
any of the 6 stars from Sravana onwards, the following
in their order will respectively meet with their end; 1. the