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

260 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XXX. Sl. 2-4.
after he has half-set is called the juncture, i. e., dawn and
twilight respectively. The effects—good and bad—of
the juncture are to be foretold through the following
symptoms.
तथा च गर्गः
अहोरात्रस्य यः सन्धिः सा च सन्ध्या प्रकीर्त्तिता ।
द्विनाडिका भवेत्साधुर्यावदाज्योतिदर्शनम् ॥
मृगशकुनिपवनपरिवेषपरिधिपरिघाभ्रवृक्षसुरचापैः ।
गन्धर्वनगररविकरदण्डरजः स्नेहवर्णैश्च ॥२॥
Sloka 2.—The deer, birds, wind, haloes round the
Sun and the Moon, mock Sun or Moon, cross-bar¹ of
clouds on the Sun's disc at the juncture, tree-shaped²
clouds, rainbow and the glossiness of an apparent town
in the sky, Sun's rays, a stick-like formation³ caused by
the collection of solar rays, clouds and wind and dust,
—from these, the effects of the juncture are to be
determined.

1. This is an appearance in the sky of the shape of an
   iron bar.
2. An appearance resembling a tree in shape assumed by
   the clouds.
3. An appearance in the sky resembling a club.
   भैरवमुच्चैर्विरुवन् मृगोऽसकृद्ग्रामघातमाचष्टे ।
   रविदीप्तो दक्षिणतो महास्वनः सैन्यघातकरः ॥३॥
   Sloka 3.—A beast (deer) dreadfully crying aloud
   repeatedly, indicates the destruction of the village. The
   same standing in the Sun to the south of an army and
   crying aloud, foretells the annihilation of the army.
   अपसव्ये सङ्ग्रामः सव्ये सेनासमागमः शान्ते ।
   मृगचक्रे पवने वा सन्ध्यायां मिश्रगे वृष्टिः ॥४॥