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

LXVIII. 116, LXIX.1-2 .] एकोनसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः 567
the rich is slow and without any sound ; and that of the
poor, brisk and leaping.
In the first पाद शार्दूलसिंह is another reading.
श्रान्तस्य यानमशनं च बुभुक्षितस्य
पानं तृषापरिगतस्य भयेषु रक्षा ।
एतानि यस्य पुरुषस्य भवन्ति काले
धन्यं वदन्ति खलु तं नरलक्षणज्ञाः ॥११६॥
Sloka 116.—Those learned in the science of human
characteristics call a man blest, if he gets the following
facilities in time, viz., a conveyance, when fatigued ;
food, when hungry ; drink, when thirsty ; and protection,
when frightened.
Thus ends the 68th Adhyaya on " the Signs of Men."
पञ्चमहापुरुषलक्षणम् ॥६९॥ Signs of the Five Great Men.
ताराग्रहैर्बलयुतैः स्वक्षेत्रस्वोच्चगैश्चतुष्टयगैः ।
पञ्च पुरुषाः प्रशस्ता जायन्ते तानहं वक्ष्ये ॥१॥
Sloka 1.—When the non-luminous planets are strong,
posited in their own or exaltation signs and in Kendra
houses, five great personages are born. I shall now
describe them.
जीवेन भवति हंसः सौरेण शशः कुजेन रुचकश्च ।
भद्रो बुधेन बलिना मालव्यो दैत्यपूज्येन ॥२॥
Sloka 2.—When Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Mercury
and Venus are in their turn strong, great men called
Hamsa, Sasa, Ruchaka, Bhadra and Malavya respectively
are produced.
Cf. सारावली Adh. 37-Sl. 2.