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

Adh. II. 20-22] द्वितीयोऽध्यायः 21
Sloka 19.—He who is well-versed in Horoscopy,
Astronomy and Samhita should be honoured by the
sovereign and kept near him with a view to secure pros-
perity.
न तत्सहस्रं करिणां वाजिनां च चतुर्गुणम् ।
करोति देशकालज्ञो यथैको दैवचिन्तकः ॥२०॥
Sloka 20.—Neither a thousand elephants, nor even
four times that number of horses will be able to accom-
plish what a single Jyautishika who knows the time and
clime can do.
दुःस्वप्नदुर्विचिन्तितदुष्प्रेक्षितदुष्कृतानि कर्माणि ।
क्षिप्रं प्रयान्ति नाशं शशिनः श्रुत्वा भसंवादम् ॥२१॥
Sloka 21.—The effect of all bad dreams, bad
thoughts, bad sights and wicked actions will vanish away
immediately, when one hears about the Moon's passage
over the stars.
तथा चोक्तम् ।
श्रुत्वा तिथिं भग्रहवासरं च प्राप्नोति धर्मार्थयशांसि सौख्यम् ।
आरोग्यमायुर्विजयं सुतांश्च दुःस्वप्नघातं प्रियतां च लोके ॥ इति.
न तथेच्छति भूपतेः पिता जननी वा स्वजनोऽथवा सुहृत् ।
स्वयशोऽभिविवृद्धये यथा हितमाप्तः सबलस्य दैववित् ॥२२॥
Sloka 22.—No one, may it be the father, mother, a
relative or a friend, will so well be solicitous for the wel-
fare of the king and his retinue as a trust-worthy astro-
loger employed in his court, seeking merely unsullied
fame.
Thus ends the Second Adhyaya on the Aphorisms
about the Astrologer.