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

642 बृहत्संहितायाम् [LXXXIV. 1-2., LXXXV. 1.
दीपः पापं कथयति फलं शब्दवान् वेपनश्च
व्याकीर्णार्चिर्विशलभमरुद्यश्च नाशं प्रयाति ॥१॥
Sloka 1.—A lamp, whose flame is turned leftwards,
shows dull rays, sputters sparks, is of little bulk, goes out
soon, although furnished with pure oil and wick, crackles,
quivers, is diffused and gets extinguished without the
agency of grasshoppers or wind.
दीपः संहतमूर्त्तिरायततनुर्निर्वेपनो दीप्तिमा-
निःशब्दो रुचिरः प्रदक्षिणगतिर्वैदूर्यहेमद्युतिः ।
लक्ष्मीं क्षिप्रमभिव्यनक्ति सुचिरं यश्चोद्यतं दीप्यते
शेषं लक्षणमग्निलक्षणसमं योज्यं यथायुक्तितः ॥२॥
Sloka 2.—A light of compact form, long-sized,
quiet, brilliant, noiseless, beautiful, turned to the right,
of the lustre of beryl or gold, reveals immediate influx of
wealth ; so does one that shines long and brilliant. The
other symptoms are similar to those of fire (vide Adhyaya
XLIII, Slokas 32, 33 and 35 supra.) and apply to this
mutatis mutandis.
Thus ends the 84th Adhyaya on "the Signs of Lamps".
दन्तकाष्ठलक्षणम् । ८५॥ Tokens of Tooth-Sticks.
वल्लीलतागुल्मतरुप्रभेदैः स्युर्दन्तकाष्ठानि सहस्रशो यैः ।
फलानि वाच्यान्यथ तत्प्रसङ्गो मा भूदतो वच्म्यथ कामिकानि ॥
Sloka 1.—Sticks for cleansing the teeth may be
made from thousands of varieties of creepers, spreading
plants, shrubs and trees, and their effects may be ex-
pounded ; but in order not to indulge in much prolixity,
I shall only delineate those of favourable consequences