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

470 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LIV. Sl. 58-62.
खर्जूरी द्विशिरस्का यत्र भवेज्जलविवर्जिते देशे ।
तस्याः पश्चिमभागे निर्देश्यं त्रिपुरुषैर्वारि ॥५८॥
Sloka 58.—Where in a waterless place there is a
date tree with two tops, water has to be declared to its
west at 15 cubits.
यदि भवति कर्णिकारः सितकुसुमः स्यात् पलाशवृक्षो वा ।
सव्येन तत्र हस्तद्वयेऽम्बु पुरुषद्वये भवति ॥५९॥
Sloka 59.—If a Karnikara or Palasa tree bears white
flowers, there is water two cubits to the south at a depth
of ten cubits.
यस्यामूष्मा धात्र्यां धूमो वा तत्र वारि नरयुगले ।
निर्देष्टव्या च शिरा महता तोयप्रवाहेण ॥६०॥
Sloka 60.—Where the ground steams or smokes,
there is water at 10 cubits ; and it may be stated that
the vein will yield an abundant supply of water.
यस्मिन् क्षेत्रोद्देशे जातं सस्यं विनाशमुपयाति ।
स्निग्धमतिपाण्डुरं वा महाशिरा नरयुगे तत्र ॥६१॥
Sloka 61.—Where, in the region of a field, the crops
that have grown perish, or there is glossy and very white
vegetation, there is a great vein at 10 cubits.
Thus have been stated the symptoms of water in jungle and
watery regions.
मरुदेशे भवति शिरा यथा तथातः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि ।
ग्रीवा करभाणामिव भूतलसंस्थाः शिरा यान्ति ॥६२॥
Sloka 62.—Now I shall expound the possibilities of
veins in desert regions. The water-veins run below the
earth's surface in the shape of camels' necks (i. e.
syphons.)