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

298 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XXXVI. Sl. 1-3.
other classes in their order. In whichever quarter it is
observed, it will kill the chief monarch of that region
erelong.
Thus ends the 35th Adhyaya on ‘Signs of Rainbows.’
गन्धर्वनगरलक्षणाध्यायः ॥३६॥ An Aerial City.
उदगादिपुरोहितनृपबलपतियुवराजदोषदं खपुरम् ।
सितरक्तपीतकृष्णं विप्रादीनामभावाय ॥१॥
Sloka 1.—An aerial city seen in the four quarters
beginning with the north is harmful to the royal priests,
kings, commanders of armies and the Yuvaraja respecti-
vely. Similarly, one with white, red, yellow or dark
colour tends to the annihilation of the Brahmins, Kshatri-
yas, Vaisyas or Sudras as the case may be.
नागरनृपतिजयावहमुदग्विदिकस्थं विवर्णनाशाय ।
शान्ताशायां दृष्टं सतोरणं नृपतिविजयाय ॥२॥
Sloka 2.—An aerial city seen in the north confers
victory on the kings defending towns; in the intermediate
quarters, it is for the destruction of persons of mixed
castes; and one with triumphal arches in a quarter not
facing the Sun, for the victory of kings.
सर्वदिगुत्थं सततोत्थितं च भयदं नरेन्द्रराष्ट्राणाम् ।
चौराटाविकान् हन्याद्धूमानलशक्रचापाभम् ॥३॥
Sloka 3.—One arising in all directions and at all
times bodes ill to the kings and countries; and one resem-
bling smoke, fire and rainbow, destroys robbers and
foresters.