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

286 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XXXIII. Sl. 20-23.
struck by a meteor, young ladies will be subjected to
suffering: Similarly, if that of Pushya, Swati and
Sravana be struck, there will be trouble for Brahmini,
and Kshatriyas. Kings will be troubled when Rohini
Uttaraphalguni, Uttarabhadra, Uttarashadha, Mrigasiras,
Chittra, Anuradha and Revati are struck; thieves, when
Purvaphalguni, Purvashadha, Purvabhadra, Bharani,
Magha, Ardra, Aslesha, Jyeshta and Moola are struck;
and artists and artistes, when Aswini, Pushya, Hasta,
Abhijit, Krittika and Visakha are attacked.
कुर्वन्त्येताः पतिता देवप्रतिमासु राजराष्ट्रभयम् ।
शक्रोपरि नृपतीनां गृहेषु तत्स्वामिनां पीडाम् ॥२०॥
आशाग्रहोपघाते तद्देश्यानां खले कृषिरतानाम् ।
चैत्यतरौ सम्पतिता सत्कृतपीडां करोत्युल्का ॥२१॥
द्वारि पुरस्य पुरक्षयमथेन्द्रकीले जनक्षयोऽभिहितः ।
ब्रह्मायतने विप्रान् विनिहन्त्याद्रोमिनो गोष्ठे ॥२२॥
Slokas 20-22.—The meteors falling on the images of
Gods bring about danger to the king and the country;
on Indra, to kings; on houses, to their owners; striking
the planets presiding over the several quarters (बृ जा II-5),
to the people of countries situated in those quarters;
a threshing floor, to agriculturists; a holy tree, the res-
pectable persons; one falling on the gate of a town,
ruins the town; on the bolt of a door, the people; on
the temple of Brahman, Brahmins; and on mangers, their
owners.
क्ष्वेडास्फोटितवादितगीतोत्कृष्टस्वना भवन्ति यदा ।
उल्कानिपातसमये भयाय राष्ट्रस्य सनृपस्य ॥२३॥
Sloka 23.—If at the time of a meteor falling are
heard the sounds of roaring, clapping hands, instrumental