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

Adh. LXXIX. Sl. 26-28.] एकोनाशीतितमोऽध्यायः 625
If blood comes out from the cut, there will be calamity
to the people; if the cut be dark, grey, rough and bad-
smelling, disaster is near.
शुक्लः समः सुगन्धिः स्निग्धश्च शुभावहो भवेच्छेदः ।
अशुभशुभच्छेदा ये शयनेष्वपि ते तथा फलदाः ॥२६॥
Sloka 26.—A cut that is white, even, fine-smelling,
and glossy leads to prosperity; just as auspicious and in-
auspicious cuts produce good and bad results, even so do
the trees used for couches.
ईषायोगे दारु प्रदक्षिणाग्रं प्रशस्तमाचार्यैः ।
अपसव्यैकदिगग्रे भवति भयं भूतसञ्जनितम् ॥२७॥
Sloka 27.—In fitting up the frame of the couch,
the tips of the beams should be laid in a direction from
left to right; so say the ancient seers. If they be laid
contrariwise, or all turned to one direction, there would
be danger from devils.
ईषा is the frame consisting of two short beams, one on the
headside, and the other on the footside, and two others on the
two sides. The side beams are fixed into the two other smaller
beams. In doing so take the head side where the foot of the beam
faces north and tip, the south, the foot of ths southern beam should
be fixed into the tip of the first beam, and so on, This is called
प्रदक्षिणाग्र. The tips of both the beams should not be put together.
एकेनावाक्शिरसा भवति हि पादेन पादवैकल्यम् ।
द्वाभ्यां न जीर्यतेऽन्नं त्रिचतुर्भिः क्लेशवधबन्धाः ॥२८॥
Sloka 28.—If one of the legs is put topsy-turvy, the
owner will have one of his feet crippled; If two, he can-
not digest his food; and if three or four, he will have
misery, death and captivity,
Here 'topsy-turvy' is used in respect of the timber and not
the leg as such.
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