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

Adh. LXVIII. Sl. 63 67.] अष्टषष्टितमोऽध्यायः 555
nose similar to a parrot's beak gives happiness ; a dry
(without flesh) one, long life. One apparently cut, con-
nection with forbidden women ; a long one, fortune ; a
curved one, stealing nature ; a flat one, death at the
hands of a woman ; one crooked at the tip, wealth ; one
turned to the right, cruelty and improvidence ; and a
straight one with small nostrils and fine slopes, good
fortune.
धनिनां क्षुतं सकृद्वित्रिपिण्डितं ह्रादि सानुनादं च ।
दीर्घायुषां प्रमुक्तं विज्ञेयं संहतं चैव ॥६३॥
Sloka 63.—Sneezing once, twice or thrice, high-
pitched and resonant is the sign of the wealthy ; a pro-
longed one as well as one of the same pitch throughout,
of the long-lived.
Others interpret it as :—Only once sneezing is.........of the
wealthy ; twice or thrice sucessively sneezing, high-pitched, re-
sonant, etc.. of the long-lived.
पद्मदलामैर्धनिनो रक्तान्तविलोचनाः श्रियो भाजः ।
मधुपिङ्गलैर्महार्था मार्जारविलोचनैः पापाः ॥६४॥
हरिणाक्षा मण्डललोचनाश्च जिह्मैश्च लोचनैश्चौराः ।
क्रूराः केकरनेत्रा गजसदृशविलोचनाश्चभूपतयः ॥६५॥
ऐश्वर्यं गम्भीरैर्नीलोत्पलकान्तिभिश्च विद्वांसः ।
अतिकृष्णतारकाणामक्ष्णामुत्पाटनं भवति ॥६६॥
मन्त्रित्वं स्थूलदृशां श्यावाक्षाणां भवति सौभाग्यम् ।
दीना दृष्टिःस्वानां स्निग्धा विपुलाथभोगवताम् ॥६७॥
Slokas 64-67.—Men become wealthy with eyes re-
sembling the petals of a lotus ; wealthy and fortunate,
with those that have red corners ; immensely rich with
those coloured tawny like honey ; sinners, with feline