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

Adh. LXVIII, Sl. 73-78.] अष्टषष्टितमोऽध्यायः 557
veins, addicted to unrighteous acts; by one filled with
veins swollen as well as resembling the Swastika figure,
opulent; by a depressed one, suffer imprisonment and a
foul death, as well as become addicted to cruel deeds;
by a raised forehead, commanders of armies; by a round
and small one, misers.
रुदितमदीनमनश्रु स्निग्धं च शुभावहं मनुष्याणाम् ।
रूक्षं दीनं प्रचुराश्रु चैव न शुभप्रदं पुंसाम् ॥७३॥
Sloka 73.—A weeping that is soft, without tears,
and not humble, is auspicious to mankind; whereas one
that is rough, humble and with copious tears is of evil
consequences to them.
हसितं शुभदमकम्पं सनिमीलितलोचनं तु पापस्य ।
दुष्टस्य हसितमसकृत् सोन्मादस्यासकृत् प्रान्ते ॥७४॥
Sloka 74.—An unshaky laughter is of happy results;
one accompanied by closed eyes belongs to a person that
acts murderously; a repeated one, to a wicked fellow;
and a repetition at the end of one, to a madcap.
तिस्रो रेखाः शतजीविनां ललाटायताः स्थिता यदि ताः ।
चतसृभिरवनीशत्वं नवतिश्चायुः सपञ्चाब्दा ॥७५॥
विच्छिन्नाभिश्चागम्यगामिनो नवतिरप्यरेखेण ।
केशान्तोपगताभी रेखाभिरशीतिवर्षायुः ॥७६॥
पञ्चभिरायुः सप्ततिरेकाग्रावस्थिताभिरपि षष्टिः ।
बहुरेखेण शतार्धं चत्वारिंशच्च वक्राभिः ॥७७॥
शूलाग्राभिस्त्रिंशद्विंशतिकश्चैव वामवक्राभिः ।
क्षुद्राभिः स्वल्पायुर्न्यूनाभिश्चान्तरे कल्प्यम् ॥७८॥
Slokas 75-78.—Three long lines on the forehead in-
dicate a life of hundred years; four long ones, kingship
and a life of 95 years; cut lines or no lines at all, addic-