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

'Adh. LXVIII. Sl. 3 5.] अष्टषष्टितमोऽध्यायः 543
Sloka 2.—A King's feet do not perspire, have soft
soles, have the lustre of the interior of a lotus, have com-
pact toes, beautiful and red nails, fine heels, warmth, no
veins, well-sunken ankle-joints and an arch like the back
of a tortoise.
शूर्पाकारविरूक्षपाण्डुरनखौ वक्रौ शिरासन्ततौ
संशुष्कौ विरलाङ्गुली च चरणौ दारिद्यदुःखप्रदौ ।
मार्गायोत्कटकौ कषायसदृशौ वंशस्य विच्छेददौ
ब्रह्मघ्नौ परिपक्वमृद्युतितलौ पीतावगम्यारतौ ॥३॥
Sloka 3.—Poverty and grief are produced by feet
that have the shape of winnowing baskets, that are very
rough, that have white nails, that are long or crooked,
that are full of veins, that are very dry and have far-
removed toes; travelling, by those that are elevated in
the middle; destruction of the family, by those that are
tawny; murder of a Brahmin, by those whose soles have
the colour of burnt earth; and cohabitation with forbid-
den women, by those that are yellow.
प्रविरलतनुरोमवृत्तजङ्घा द्विरदकरप्रतिमैर्वरोरुभिश्च ।
उपचितसमजानवश्च भूपा धनरहिताः श्वशृगालतुल्यजङ्घाः ॥४॥
Sloka 4.—The shanks being round, with sparse and
thin hair, the thighs, beautiful and resembling elephant's
trunk, and the knees well-developed (fleshy) and even,
make one a king; while shanks resembling those of a
jackal or dog make one penniless.
रोमैकैकं कूपके पार्थिवानां द्वे द्वे ज्ञेये पण्डितश्रोत्रियाणाम् ।
त्र्याद्यैर्निःस्वा मानवा दुःखभाजः केशाश्चैवं निन्दिताः पूजिताश्च ।५।
Sloka 5.—Kings have a single hair in a pore and
scholars and vedic experts, two in one. Three and more