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

448 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LI. Sl. 89-92.
fatigue of a journey ; how much more then on those who
have a permanent home on it ?
सचिवालयेऽर्थनाशो धूर्त्तगृहे सुतवधः समीपस्थे ।
उद्वेगो देवकुले चतुष्पथे भवति चाकीर्त्तिः ॥८९॥
चैत्ये भयं ग्रहकृतं वल्मीकश्वभ्रसङ्कुले विपदः ।
गर्त्तायां तु पिपासा कूर्माकारे धनविनाशः ॥९०॥
Slokas 89-90.—If a minister's house is nearby, there
will be loss of wealth ; if a rogue's (or gambler's) house,
death of a son; if a temple, mental affliction; if a cross-way,
ill repute ; if a holy tree, danger from planetary influences;
if a house is filled with ant hills or holes, calamities; if a
chasm is nearby, thirst ; and if the ground is in the shape
of a tortoise, loss of money.
उदगादिप्लवमिष्टं विप्रादीनां प्रदक्षिणेनैव ।
विप्रः सर्वत्र वसेदनुवर्णमथेष्टमन्येषाम् ॥९१॥
Sloka 91.—If there is a slope towards the north, the
ground is auspicious for Brahmins ; one towards the east,
for Kshatriyas ; one towards the south, for Vaisyas ; one
towards the west, for Sudras. Others hold that Brahmins
may dwell in any directon, and others according to their
rank ; i.e., Kshatriyas in ground inclined towards the east,
south or west ; Vaisyas towards south or west ; Sudras
towards the west alone.
गृहमध्ये हस्तमितं खात्वा परिपूरितं पुनः श्वभ्रम् ।
यन्न्यूनमनिष्टं तत्समे समं धन्यमधिकं यत् ॥९२॥
Sloka 92.—In the centre of the house-site, dig a pit,
one cubit in diameter and depth. If, on fiilling it with
the same earth, the pit is insufficiently filled, it is harmful;