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

186 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XVII. Sl. 4-5
Utpala writes thus : यत्र ग्रहद्वयमप्येकबिम्बमिव लक्ष्यते स
भेदः । अधःस्थेनोर्ध्वस्थश्छाद्यते इति यावत् यत्र ग्रहस्य ग्रहेण बिम्बपरिधिसंस्पर्शः
क्रियते स उल्लेखः । अंशवो रश्मयस्तेषामंशूनां किरणानां परस्परं मर्दनै । भेदो-
ल्लेखव्यतिरेकेणासन्नयोर्द्वयोर्ग्रहयोः परस्परं रश्मयः संयुक्ता विहन्यमाना इव
लक्ष्यन्ते तदंशुमर्दनम् ।
"The Apasavyam or Asavyam Yuddham takes place when the interval is
somewhat less than a degree; at a greater interval there is no conflict
at all." Dr. Kern.
भेदे वृष्टिविनाशो भेदः सुहृदां महाकुलानां च ।
उल्लेखे शस्त्रभयं मन्त्रिविरोधः प्रियान्नत्वम् ॥४॥
अंशुविरोधे युद्धानि भूभृतां शस्त्ररुक्क्षुदवमर्दः ।
युद्धे चाप्यपसव्‍ये भवन्ति युद्धानि भूपानाम् ॥५॥
Slokas 4-5.—At the occurrence of an occultation,
rains will fail and discord will prevail among friends and
powerful families. When planets graze each other, there
is danger from the sword, dissensions among royal coun-
cillors and dearth of food. At a clashing of the rays, there
will be war between kings and desolation by sword,
disease and famine. At the अपसव्य-Apasavya conflict,
their will be hostile encounters between monarchs.
Utpala says : अपसव्यः प्रदक्षिण उच्यते । समं कृत्वा दक्षिणोत्तरा-
वस्थानमपसव्यमुच्यते । आचार्येण चन्द्रग्रहसमागमे अपसव्यलक्षणं कृतं ।
शशिनि फलमुदक्स्थ इत्यादि । (XVIII-8 infra.)
Dr. Kern adds—"This is not difficult to understand, for the Moon leav-
ing, in her eastward course, a planet or star at her own right (i. e. standing
north from the planet or star), may be said to make a pradakshina ; standing
to the south, i. e., leaving a planet or star at her left, she makes an apasavya.
Thus Apasavya means ''from the left, at the left,'' and, in a special appli-
cation, ''at the south side ;'' but from this, it does not necessarily follow
that apasavya originally was simply the opposite of Savya, ''left ''. Yet
it cannot be doubted that they have taken apasavya as the reverse of Savya,
or, in other words, that apa was understood to mean, not ''from the side,''
but ''not ; '' therefore asavya was considered to be simply synonymous with
apasavya. Moreover, Savya has got the meaning of ''right,'' precisely the
reverse of its most common acceptation, vis, ''left.''