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

Adh. XXXIII. Sl. 24-28.] त्रयस्त्रिंशोऽध्यायः 287
music, songs and loud cries, the country and its ruler will
come to grief.
यस्थाश्चिरं तिष्ठति खेऽनुषङ्गो दण्डाकृतिः सा नृपतेर्भयाय ।
या चोह्यते तन्तुधृतेव खस्था या वा महेन्द्रध्वजतुल्यरूपा ॥२४॥
Sloka 24.—A meteor which having the shape of
a rod leaves its trail on the sky for a long time, betokens
danger to the king. So does one that appears to be
carried along the sky by a thread, or that has the appear-
ance of Indra's banner.
श्रेष्ठिनः प्रतीपगा तिर्यगा नृपाङ्गनाम् ।
हन्त्यधोमुखी नृपान् ब्राह्मणानथोर्ध्वगा ॥२५॥
बर्हिपुच्छरूपिणी लोकसङ्क्षयावहा ।
सर्पवत् प्रसर्पती योषितामनिष्टदा । २६॥
हन्ति मण्डला पुरं छत्रवत् पुरोहितम् ।
वंशगुल्मवत् स्थिता राष्ट्रदोषकारिणी ॥२७॥
व्यालसूकरोपमा विस्फुलिङ्गमालिनी ।
खण्डशोऽथवा गता सखना च पापदा ॥२८॥
Slokas 25-28.—One that goes backwards destroys
merchants ; crosswise, king's wife ; with its head down-
wards, kings ; head upwards, Brahmins ; one that re-
sembles the peacock's tail brings about the extirpation of
the people ; one creeping like a snake, is disastrous to
women ; one falling in a circular form, destroys the
town ; in the form of an umbrella, the royal priest ; in
the form of a bamboo-cluster, is troublesome to the
kingdom ; one that resembles snakes or boars and is
accompanied by a wreath of sparks, or is shattered to
pieces and attended with noise, proves sinful in effect.