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

644 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXXXV. Sl. 6-9.
Atimuktaka (a kind of Jesamine); and the same from
Kadamba.
नीपेऽर्थाप्तिः करवीरे ऽन्नलब्धिर्भाण्डीरे स्यादन्नमेवं प्रभूतम् ।
शम्यां शत्रूनपहन्त्यर्जुने च श्यामायां च द्विषतामेव नाशः ॥६॥
Sloka 6.—From Nipa one may expect acquisition of
wealth; from Karavira, eating of good food; from
Bhandira tree, a sumptuous feast. Sami and Arjuna
destroy one's enemies; Syama too brings about the
annihilation of one's foes.
शालेऽश्वकर्णे च वदन्ति गौरवं सभद्रदारावपि चाटरूषके ।
वाल्लभ्यमायाति जनस्य सर्वतः प्रियङ्गपामार्गसजम्बुदाडिमैः ॥७॥
Sloka 7.—Dignity, they say, will result from the use
of Sala and Aswakarna, as well as of Deodar and
Vasaka. By using the twigs of Priyangu, Apamarga
(உத்தரணை), Jambu and pomegranate, one becomes the
favourite of every body.
उदङ्मुखः प्राङ्मुख एव वाब्दं कामं यथेष्टं हृदये निवेश्य ।
अद्यादानिन्दन् च सुखोपविष्टः प्रक्षाल्य जह्याच्च शुचिप्रदेशे ॥८॥
Sloka 8.—One should after cherishing in the heart,
any desire whatsoever for the coming year, use a good
tooth-stick, sitting at ease, facing the north or the east
without any resentment; and then after washing it, he
should leave it in a clean place.
अभिमुखपतितं प्रशान्तदिक्स्थं शुभमतिशोभनमूर्ध्वसंस्थितं यत् ।
अशुभकरमतोऽन्यथा प्रदिष्टं स्थितपतितं च करोति मृष्टमन्नम् ॥९॥
Sloka 9.—Auspicious is a tooth-stick that falls,
when thrown away, towards the user and in a tranquil
(unscorched) direction; it is especially good, if it occu-