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

442 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LIII. Sl. 67-70.
the house. By hurting him through remnants of food
and the like. he will come to grief.
दक्षिणभुजेन हीने वास्तुनरेऽर्थक्षयोऽङ्गनादोषाः ।
वामेऽर्थधान्यहानिः शिरसि गुणैर्हीयते सर्वैः ॥६७॥
स्त्रीदोषाः सुतमरणं प्रेष्यत्वं चापि चरणवैकल्ये ।
अविकलपुरुषे वसतां मानार्थयुतानि सौख्यानि ॥६८॥
Slokas 67-68. — When the House-God is bereft of
the right-arm, there will be loss of wealth and misery
through women ; when of the left arm, loss of money
and corn ; when of the head, loss of all virtues ; when of
the feet, misery from women, death of sons and servi-
tude ; when the God is endowed with all limbs intact,
the inmates of the house will be blessed with happiness
mingled with honour and wealth.
गृहनगरग्रामेषु च सर्वत्रैवं प्रतिष्ठिता देवाः ।
तेषु च यथानुरूपं वर्णा विप्रादयो वास्याः ॥६९॥
Sloka 69.—In the same manner are deities situated
in the different parts of houses, towns and villages. To
Brahmins and others in the above, proper divisions of
these should be allotted.
In these also, vulnerable points should be kept clean.
वासगृहाणि च विन्द्याद्विप्रादीनामुदग्दिगाद्यानि ।
विशतां च यथा भवनं भवन्ति तान्येव दक्षिणतः ॥७०॥
Sloka 70.—The dwellings of Brahmins, etc., should
be located in the north, etc. The houses are to be con-
structed in such a way that when we enter the court-yard
the houses lie to our right, i. e., if a house faces the east,
the entrance to its court-yard must face the north ; if the
south, the east ; if the west, the south ; and if the north,
the west.