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

Adh. LXXXIX. Sl. 17-20.] एकोननवतितमोऽध्यायः 697
प्रकाश्य दन्तान् यदि लेढि सृक्किणी तदाशनं मृष्टमुशन्ति तद्विदः।
यदाननं लेढि पुनर्ने सृक्किणी प्रवृत्तभोज्येऽपि तदान्नविघ्नकृत् ॥१७॥
Sloka 17.—If a dog showing its teeth licks the cor-
ners of its mouth, the traveller will get a sumptuous
meal, so opine those well-versed in the science; but if
it licks its mouth (face) and not the corners of the
mouth, there will be obstacle to his eating food, though
he may have begun to eat it.
ग्रामस्य मध्ये यदि वा पुरस्य भषन्ति संहत्य मुहुर्मुहुर्ये ।
ते क्लेशमाख्यान्ति तदीश्वरस्य श्वारण्यसंस्थो मृगवद्विचिन्त्यः ॥१८॥
Sloka 18. — If dogs bark repeatedly in a group in
the middle of a village or town, its lord will get into
trouble; a wild dog shall be treated just like a deer.
वृक्षोपगे क्रोशति तोयपातः स्यादिन्द्रकीले सचिवस्य पीडा ।
वायोर्गृहे सस्यभयं गृहान्तः पीडा पुरस्यैव च गोपुरस्थे ॥१९॥
भयं च शय्यासु तदीश्वराणां याने भषन्तो भयदाश्च पश्चात् ।
अथापसव्या जनसन्निवेशे भयं भषन्तः कथयन्त्यरीणाम् ॥२०॥
Slokas 19-20.—If a dog barks standing near a tree,
there will be rain; if near Indra's bolt (?), there will be
trouble to the king's minister; if in the N. W. corner
inside a house, danger to the crops; if in the city-gate,
suffering in the city; if on beds, peril to their owners;
dogs barking behind a traveller cause danger to him;
those barking to the left of men indicate peril from their
enemies.
Thus ends the 89th Adhyaya on "The Circle of Dogs".
वृ० सं 88