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

472 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LIV. Sl. 69-73.
Sloka 68.—If there is an ant-hill to the west of a
Rohitaka tree, three cubits to its west, there is a vein of
brackish water flowing to the west at a depth of 60 cubits.
इन्द्रतरोर्वल्मीकः प्राग्दृश्यः पश्चिमे शिरा हस्ते ।
खात्वा चतुर्दश नरान् कपिला गोधा नरे प्रथमे ॥६९॥
Sloka 69.—If the ant-hill is to the east of an Indra
tree, there is a vein one cubit to its west at a depth of
70 cubits. The sign is a brown lizard in the first layer
of 5 cubits.
यदि वा सुवर्णनाम्नस्तरोर्भवेद्वामतो भुजङ्गगृहम् ।
हस्तद्वये तु याम्ये पञ्चदशनरावसानेऽम्बु ॥७०॥
क्षारं पयोऽत्र नकुलोऽर्धमानवे ताम्रसान्निभश्चाश्मा ।
रक्ता च भवति वसुधा वहति शिरा दक्षिणा तत्र ॥७१॥
Slokas 70-71.—If there is an ant-hill to the north of
a golden tree, there is water two cubits to the south at
a depth of 75 cubits. The water here will be brackish.
When the earth is dug 2½ cubits, there will be a mon-
goose ; next, copper-coloured stone ; then, red earth ; then
there flows a southerly vein.
बदरीरोहितवृक्षौ सम्पृक्तौ चेद्विनापि वल्मीकम् ।
हस्तत्रयेऽम्बु पश्चात् षोडशभिर्मानवैर्भवति ॥७२
सुरसं जलमादौ दक्षिणा शिरा वहति चोत्तरेणान्या ।
पिष्टनिभः पाषाणो मृत् श्वेता वृश्चिकोऽर्धनरे ॥७३॥
Slokas 72-73.—If a Jujube tree and a Rohita tree are
joined together with or without an ant-hill nearby, there is
water three cubits to the west at at a depth of 80 cubits.
The water will be tasty. At fiirst, a southerly vein flows,
then a northerly one, next, a stone resmbling a paste,
next white clay ; at 2½ cubits, a scorpion will be seen.