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

342 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XLV. Sl. 7-10.
mansions, near cows, mangers, assembly of righteous
men, sacrifices, auspicious functions, Kings and Brah-
mins, on elephant-yards, stables, umbrellas, flags, chow-
ries and other royal appendages, near gold, on white
cloths, lotuses, blue lilies, places of worship, paved and
cleaned spots, on curd-pots and corn-ricks.
पङ्के स्वाद्वन्नाप्तिर्गोरससम्पच्च गोमयोपगते ।
शाद्वलगे वस्त्राप्तिः शकटस्थे देशविभ्रंशः ॥७॥
गृहपटलेऽर्थभ्रंशो वध्रे बन्धोऽशुचौ भवति रोगः ।
पृष्ठे त्वजाविकानां प्रियसङ्गममावहत्याशु ॥८॥
Slokas 7-8.—When the wagtail is seen perched
on mud, sweet food will be obtained; on a heap of cow-
dung, excellent milk and its products; on green grass,
clothes; on a cart, devastation of the country; on the
roof of a house, loss of wealth will be the result; on a
piece of hide, imprisonment; on filth, disease, and on
backs of goats and sheep, immediate union with one's
beloved.
महिषोष्ट्रगर्दभास्थिश्मशानगृहकोणशर्कराङ्गेषुः ।
प्राकारभस्मकेशेषु चाशुभो मरणरुग्भयदः ॥९॥
Sloka 9.—It is inauspicious and tends to danger
from death and disease if the wagtail is seen perched
on a buffalo, camel, donkey, bone, burial ground, corner
of a house, clod of earth, turrets, compound walls, heap
of ashes or hair.
अद्रि is another reading for अङ्ग.
पक्षौ धुन्वन्नशुभः शुभः पिबन् वारि निम्नगासंस्थः ।
सूर्योदये प्रशस्तो नेष्टफलः खञ्जनोऽस्तमये ॥१०॥
Sloka 10.—It is inauspicious when a wagtail is seen
flapping its wings; when it is seen drinking water from