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

418 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LII. Sl. 1-3.
पिटकलक्षणम् ॥५२॥ Characteristics of Pimples.
This chapter also is declared to be spurious although this
subject has been referred to by the author previously.
सितरक्तपीतकृष्णा विप्रादीनां क्रमेण पिटका ये ।
ते क्रमशः प्रोक्तफला वर्णानां नाग्रजातानाम् ॥१॥
Sloka 1.—The pimples of the people of the four
classes beginning with Brahmins are white, red, yellow
and dark respectively; and the respective colours are
auspicious only for the particular classes and those below
them and not for those above them. The idea is that
white is good for Brahmins; white and red for Ksha-
triyas; white, red and yellow for Vaisyas; and white,
red, yellow and dark for Sudras.
सुस्निग्धव्यक्तशोभाः शिरसि धनचयं मूर्ध्नि सौभाग्यमारा-
द्दौर्भाग्यं भ्रूयुगोत्थाः प्रियजनघटनामाशु दुःशीलतां च ।
तन्मध्योत्थाश्च शोकं नयनपुटगता नेत्रयोरिष्टदृष्टिं
प्रव्रज्यां शङ्खदेशेऽश्रुजलनिपतनस्थानगा रान्ति चिन्ताम् ॥२॥
Sloka 2.—Pimples, glossy and clear in lustre, on the
head indicate a great deal of wealth; on the back of the
face, immediate happiness or fortune; on the two eye-
brows, misfortune; in the middle of the brows, meeting
with beloved persons very soon and wickedness; on the
eye-lids, grief; on the eyes, sight of friends; on the
frontal bone, renunciation; and in the places through
which tears fall down, worries.
घ्राणागण्डे वसनसुतदांश्चौष्ठयोरन्नलाभं
कुर्युस्तद्वच्चिबुकतलगा भूरि वित्तं ललाटे ।
हन्वोरेवं गलकृतपदा भूषणान्यन्नपाने
श्रोत्रे तद्भूषणगणमपि ज्ञानमात्मस्वरूपम् ॥३॥