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

232 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XXIV. Sl. 22-26.
विगतघने वा वियति विवस्वान्मृदुमयूखः सलिलकृदेवम् ।
सर इव फुल्लं निशि कुमुदाढ्यं खमुडुविशुद्धं यदि च सुवृष्ट्यै ॥२२॥
Sloka 22.—If the Sun should shine with burning
rays in a cloudless sky and the sky at night with bright
stars look blooming like a lake rich in lilies, there would
be copious rain.
पूर्वोद्भूतैः सस्यनिष्पत्तिरब्दैराग्नेयाशासम्भवैरग्निकोपः ।
याम्ये सस्यं क्षीयते नैर्ऋतेऽर्द्धं पश्चाज्जातैः शोभना वृष्टिरब्दैः ॥२३॥
वायव्योत्थैर्वातवृष्टिः क्वचित् पुष्टा वृष्टिः सौम्यकाष्ठासमुत्थैः ।
श्रेष्ठं सस्यं स्याणुदिक्सम्प्रवृद्धैर्वायुश्चैवं दिक्षु धत्ते फलानि ॥२४॥
Slokas 23-24.—If the clouds are formed in the east,
there will be growth of good crops; in the south-east,
there will be raging of fires; in the south, decay of crops;
in the south-west, destruction of half the crops; in the
west, handsome rain; in the north-west, stormy rain in
some places; in the north, very good and full rain and in
the north-east, bumper crops. The same effects should
be predicted of the wind also arising in the several
directions.
उल्कानिपातास्तडितोऽशनिश्च दिग्दाहनिर्घातमहीप्रकम्पाः ।
नादा मृगाणां सपतत्रिणां च ग्राह्या यथैवाम्बुधरास्तथैव ॥२५॥
Sloka 25.—Fall of meteors, flashes of lightning,
thunderbolts, false fires in the quarters, portentous
sound in the sky, earthquakes and the cries of birds and
beasts produce the same effects as the clouds under the
above conditions.
नामाङ्कितैस्तैरुदगादिकुम्भैः प्रदक्षिणं श्रावणमासपूर्वैः ।
पूर्णैः स मासः सलिलस्य दाता स्रुतैर्वृष्टिः परिकल्प्यमूनेः ॥२६॥
Sloka 26.—The four water-pots beginning with the
northern one should be named after the months