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

690 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXXXVIII. Sl. 42-46.
Gods and also the tree with fine perfumes; then one
should station one-self alone in the S. E. corner at mid-
night, convince her (the bird) by oaths, referring to both
Gods and men, and consult her about the contemplated
object in this manner with the following hymn so that
she might hear it well.
विद्धि भद्रे मया यत्त्वमिममर्थं प्रचोदिता ।
कल्याणि सर्ववचसां वेदित्री त्वं प्रकीर्त्यसे ॥४२॥
आपृच्छेऽद्य गमिष्यामि विदितश्च पुनस्त्वहम् ।
प्रातरागम्य पृच्छे त्वामाग्नेयीं दिशमाश्रितः ॥४३॥
प्रचोदयाम्यहं यत् त्वां तन्मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि ।
स्वचेष्टितेन कल्याणि यथा वेद्मि निराकुलम् ॥४४॥
Slokas 42-44.—“ O auspicious one, kindly divine the
object about which I am consulting you, for, you are
praised as the knower of all languages. I shall take leave
of you, being informed of it by you, but I shall come
back in the morning and question you, stationing myself
in the S. E. corner. I call upon you to explain to me
through your activities the object I have in view, so that
I may understand it without any ambiguity.”
इत्येवमुक्ते तरुमूर्धगायाञ्चिरिल्विरिल्वीति रुतेऽर्थसिद्धिः ।
अत्याकुलत्वं दिशिकारशब्दे कुचाकुचेत्येवमुदाहृते वा ॥४५॥
अवाक्प्रदानेऽपि हितार्थसिद्धिः पूर्वोक्तदिक्‌चक्रफलरतोऽन्यत् ।
वाच्यं फलं चोत्तममध्यनीचशाखास्थितायां वरमध्यनीचम् ॥४६॥
Slokas 45-46.—If on being addressed the above
words she cries ‘चिरिल्विरिल्वि’ from the top of the tree
there will be success of the undertaking; but if she cries
‘दिशिकार’ or ‘कुचाकुचा’, there will be great mental
suffering. When she does not cry at all, even then, there