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

584 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXX. Sl. 23-26.
या तूत्तरोष्ठेन समुन्नतेन रूक्षाग्रकेशी कलहप्रिया सा ।
प्रायो विरूपासु भवन्ति दोषा यत्राकृतिस्तत्र गुणा वसन्ति ॥२३॥
Sloka 23.—A woman whose upper lip is very high,
and the hair rough at the tips, is fond of quarrel. Gene-
rally, blemishes exist in those that are ugly or deformed ;
and virtues dwell in those that have a pleasant appear-
ance or form.
Kalidasa in Kumarasambhava says in Canto V—
यदुच्यते पार्वति पापवृत्तये न रूपमित्यव्यभिचारि तद्वचः । तथा हि ते रूपं
The last quarter is suggested by Kalidasa and is worth its
weight in gold.
पादौ सगुल्फौ प्रथमं प्रदिष्टौ जङ्घे द्वितीयं तु सजानुचक्रे ।
मेढ्रोरुमुष्कं च ततस्तृतीयं नाभिः कटिश्चैव चतुर्थमाहुः ॥२४॥
उदरं कथयन्ति पञ्चमं हृदयं षष्ठमतः स्तनान्वितम् ।
अथ सप्तममंसजत्रुणी कथयन्त्यष्टममोष्ठकन्धरे ॥२५॥
नवमं नयने च सुभ्रूणी संललाटं दशमं शिरस्तथा ।
अशुभेष्वशुभं दशाफलं चरणाद्येषु शुभेषु शोभनम् ॥२६॥
Slokas 24-26.—The feet with the ankle-joints are
said to represent the first stage of life ; the shanks with
the knees, the second ; the genital organ, thighs and tes-
ticles, the third ; the navel and the hips, the fourth ; the
stomach, the fifth ; the heart and the breasts, the sixth ;
the shoulders and the collar-bones, the seventh ; the lips
and the neck, the eighth ; the eyes and the brows, the
ninth ; and the head and the forehead, the tenth. When
the feet and other limbs are inauspicious, the effects of
the particular stages of life will be harmful ; and good,
when they are auspicious.
If a limb is lean and lank or full of veins, it is inauspicious ;
otherwise, good. The particular period of life denoted by a limb
that is inauspicious will be miserable, etc.
Thus ends the 70th Adhyaya on 'the Characteristics of Maidens.'