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

676 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXXXVII. Sl. 29-32.
be splendid. In the inner circle of the hub, one will
bestow beneficial effects, if it is in any of the six spokes ;
but in the N. Western and S. Western spokes, it will
make the journey beset with troubles.
Here अष्टांश means nothing special except one of the points into
which the 8 quarters are divided.
In the cycle of 32 points, the 9th, 18th, 19th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th
and 26th are not very good ; the rest are good. The latter verse
refers to a circle of 8 spokes.
शान्तासु दिक्षु फलमिदमुक्तं दीप्ताख्वतोऽभिधास्यामि ।
ऐन्द्र्यां भयं नरेन्द्रात्समागमश्चैव शत्रूणाम् ॥२९॥
Sloka 29.—The effects enumerated above refer only
to ' Tranquil ' quarters ; I shall now expound those per-
taining to the ' Burning ' ones : An omen in the ' Burn-
ing ' East, causes danger from the sovereign and contact
with one's foes.
तदनन्तरादिशि नाशः कनकस्य भयं सुवर्णकाराणाम् ।
अर्थक्षयस्तृतीये कलहः शस्त्रप्रकोपश्च ॥३०॥
Sloka 30.—One in the next point causes loss of gold
and threat to gold-smiths ; in the 3rd, loss of wealth,
quarrel and clash of arms.
अग्निभयं च चतुर्थे भयमाग्रेये च भवति चौरेभ्यः ।
कोणादपि द्वितीये धनक्षयो नृपसुतविनाशः ॥३१॥
Sloka 31.—One in the 4th division engenders dan-
ger from fire ; in the S. E. corner (5th), danger from
thieves ; in the next division (6th), loss of wealth, and
death of a prince.
प्रमदागर्भविनाशस्तृतीयभागे भवेच्चतुर्थे च ।
हैरण्यककारुकयोः प्रध्वंसः शस्त्रकोपश्च ॥३२॥
Sloka 32.—One in the 3rd division from S. E. (7th)
causes the abortion of one's wife ; in the next (8th), the