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

Adh. LIII. Sl. 63-66.] त्रिपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 441
and if it be skulls or hair, there will be death. If it be char-
coal, there is danger from thieves; if it be ashes, there
will be constant risk from fire. The dart, unless it be of
gold or silver, will prove disastrous on a vulnerable point.
A heap of husk or chaff whether found in a vulnerable
spot or any other, retards the acquisition of wealth;]
even an ivory peg situated in a vulnerable part will lead
to misery.
The portion in square brackets is omitted in some editions.
रोगाद्वायुं पितृतो हुताशनं शोषसूत्रमपि वितथात् ।
मुख्याद्भृशं जयन्ताच्च भृङ्गमदितेश्च सुग्रीवम् ॥६३॥
तत्सम्पाता नव ये तान्यतिमर्माणि सम्प्रदिष्टानि ।
यश्च पदस्याष्टांशस्तत् प्रोक्तं मर्मपरिमाणम् ॥६४॥
Slokas 63-64.—The nine points of intersection of
the lines connecting Roga and Anila, Pitru and Anila,
Sosha and Vitatha, Mukhya and Bhrisa, Jayanta and
Bhringa, and Aditi and Sugriva are considered to be the
most vulnerable parts. The measure of the vulnerable
part is an eighth part of a square.
पदहस्तसंख्यया सम्मितानि वंशोऽङ्गुलानि विस्तीर्णः ।
वंशव्यासोऽध्यर्धः शिराप्रमाणं विनिर्दिष्टम् ॥६५॥
Sloka 65.—A diagonal has in breadth as many
digits as each square numbers cubits. The breadth of
a line (running east to west and north to south) is one
and a half times that of the diagonals.
सुखमिच्छन् ब्रह्माणं यत्नाद्रक्षेद्गृही गृहान्तःस्थम् ।
उच्छिष्टाद्युपघाताद्गृहपतिरुत्तप्यते तस्मिन् ॥६६॥
Sloka 66.—A house-owner wishing for happiness
should carefully guard Brahman situated in the middle of
बृ. सं. 56