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

586 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXXI. Sl. 8-10.
food ; if in Viṣakha, the person will be popular ; if in
Anuradha, there will be meeting of friends ; if in Jyeshtha,
there will be loss of cloths ; if in Moola, loss of cloths in
water ; if in Purvashadha, there will be diseases ; if in
Uttarashadha, there will be sumptuous feast ; if in Sra-
vana, there will be eye disease ; if in Dhanishtha, there
will be gain of corn ; if in Satabhishak, there will arise
great danger from poison ; if in Purvabhadrapada, there
will be danger through water ; if in Uttarabhadrapada,
a son will be born ; and in Revati, there will be acquisi-
tion of gems.
भोक्तुं नवाम्बरं शस्तमृक्षेऽपि गुणवर्जिते ।
विवाहे राजसम्माने ब्राह्मणानां च सम्मते ॥८॥
Sloka 8.—It is advisable to wear new cloths even in
an asterism which is devoid of good qualities, provided
it is an occasion of a marriage, reception of a sovereign,
and honouring of Brahmins.
वस्त्रस्य कोणेषु वसन्ति देवा नराश्च पार्श्वान्तदशान्तमध्ये ।
शेषास्त्रयश्चात्र निशाचरांशास्तथैव शय्यासनपादुक...षु ॥९॥
Sloka 9.—In the four corners of a cloth, dwell
Gods ; in the middle part of the
broad sides, men ; and the re-
maining three divisions belong to
the devils. The same rule applies
to couches, seats and sandals.

Gods	Devils	Gods
Men	Devils	Men
Gods	Devils	Gods

लिप्ते मषीगोमयकर्दमाद्यैश्छिन्ने प्रदग्धे स्फुटिते च विन्द्यात् ।
पुष्टं नवेऽल्पाल्पतरं च भुक्ते पापं शुभं चाधिकमुत्तरीये ॥१०॥
Sloka 10.—When a cloth is stained with ink (soot),
cowdung, mud and the like, when it is cut (slit), singed