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

Adh. XXV. 6., XXVI. 1.] षड्विंशोऽध्यायः 239
the rainy season will be rich in all sorts of crops, glad-
dening mankind.
तथैव फाल्गुने चैत्रे वैशाखस्यासितेऽपि वा।
स्वातियोगं विजानीयादाषाढे च विशेषतः ॥६॥
Sloka 6.—In the same manner, one should consider
the Moon's conjunction with Swati when occurring in
the month of Phalguna, Chaitra or the dark half of
Vaisakha and particularly in the month of Ashadha.
The commentator Bhattotpala is of opinion that this Sloka
is spurious (not belonging to the text).
Thus ends the 25th Adhyaya on "the course of the Moon's
Conjunction with Swati."
आषाढीयोगाध्यायः ॥२६॥ The Moon's Conjunction
with Ashadha.
Ashadhee Yoga means the period of a day when the Moon
passes through the asterism of Uttarashadha in the lunar month
of Ashadha.
आषाढ्यां समतुलिताधिवासितानामन्येद्युर्यदधिकतामुपैति बीजम् ।
तद्वृद्धिर्भवति न जायते यदूनं मन्त्रोऽस्मिन् भवति तुलाभिमन्त्रणाय ॥
Sloka 1.—At the time of the full Moon in Ashadha,
take equal weights of several kinds of seeds and keep
them for a night being sanctified with the Mahavrata
hymn. Such seeds as increase in weight will flourish
and such as have diminished will not thrive. The
hymn in praise of the balance that is used for the
purpose of weighing is the following:
तथा च गर्गः ।
वायव्यवैश्वदेवाभ्यां प्राजापत्यस्य चैव हि ।
एषामप्यधिकं चापि रोहिणी नाम याप्यते ॥