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

556 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXVIII. Sl. 68-72.
eyes ; thieves, with round and crooked ones resembling
those of the gazelle; cruel, with blue ones ; commanders of
armies, with elephantine ones ; wealthy, with deep ones ;
scholars, with those having the lustre of blue lilies ; The
eyes that have very dark pupils will be pulled out ; broad
and thick eyes make ministers ; green ones, fortune ;
humble ones belong to the poor ; while glossy ones, to
those who enjoy immense wealth and pleasures.
अभ्युन्नताभिरल्पायुषो विशालोन्नताभिरतिसुखिनः ।
विषमभ्रुवो दरिद्रा बालेन्दुनतभ्रुवः सधनाः ॥६८॥
दीर्घासंसक्ताभिर्धनिनः खण्डाभिरर्थपरिहीनाः ।
मध्यविनतभ्रुवो ये ते सक्ताः स्त्रीष्वगम्यासु ॥६९॥
Slokas 68-69.—Lofty brows are the indications of
short life ; broad and lofty ones, of great happiness, un-
equal ones, of poverty ; bent ones resembling the cres-
cent, of wealth ; long and unconnected ones, of afflu-
ence ; cut ones, of indigence ; and those bent in the
middle, of addiction to forbidden women.
उन्नतविपुलैः शङ्खैर्धनिनो निम्नैः सुतार्थसन्त्यक्ताः ।
विषमललाटा विधना धनवन्तोऽर्द्धेन्दुसदृशेन ॥७०॥
शुक्तिविशालैराचार्य्यता शिरासन्ततैरधर्मरताः ।
उन्नतशिराभिराढ्याः स्वस्तिकवत् संस्थिताभिश्च ॥७१॥
निम्नंललाटा वधबन्धभागिनः क्रूरकर्मनिरताश्च ।
अभ्युन्नतैश्चभूपाः कृपणाः स्युः संवृतललाटाः ॥७२॥
Slokas 70-72.—By large and high temples, men be-
come wealthy ; by sunken ones, devoid of children and
money ; by an uneven forehead, men become indigent ;
by one resembling the half-Moon, prosperous ; by one
large like a shell, preceptors of people ; by one full of