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

366 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XLVI. Sl. 87-91.
रक्तपद्मारुणा सन्ध्या नभः क्षुब्धार्णवोपमम् ।
सरितां चाम्बुसंशोषं दृष्ट्वा ग्रीष्मे शुभं वदेत् ॥८७॥
Slokas 86-87.—The following portents seen in
Summer, i. e., in Jyeshta and Ashadha, are said to be
auspicious : the sky tarnished with shooting stars and
falling meteors ; the orbs of the Sun and the Moon being
tawny ; blaze and explosion without fire, smoke and
dust filling the sky ; the twilight red like the red lotus ;
the sky resembling the ocean with surging billows ; and
the drying up of the waters of the rivers.
शक्रायुधपरीवेष विद्युच्छुष्कविरोहणम् ।
कम्पोद्वर्तनवैकल्यं रसनं दरणं क्षितेः ॥८८॥
सरोनद्युदपानानां वृद्धयूर्ध्वतरणप्लवाः ।
सरणं चाद्रिगेहानां वर्षासु न भयावहम् ॥८९॥
Slokas 88-89.—The following portents are not harm-
ful in the rainy season :— Rainbow, haloes, lightning, the
sprouting up of withered trees, trembling, upheaval and
unnatural appearance, rumbling and splitting of the
earth ; rising, overflowing and inundations of lakes,
rivers and wells ; and breaking of mountains and houses.
दिव्यस्त्रीभूतगन्धर्वविमानाद्भुतदर्शनम् ।
ग्रहनक्षत्रताराणां दर्शनं च दिवाऽम्बरे ॥९०॥
गीतवादित्रनिर्घोषा वनपर्वतसानुषु ।
सस्यवृद्धिरपां हानिरपापाः शरदि स्मृताः ।९१॥
Slokas 90-91.—In autumn, the following portents
augur well:—The sight of celestial nymphs, spirits,
Gandharvas, aerial chariots, marvellous things and pla-
nets, asterisms and stars by day in the sky ; sounds of