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

710 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XCV. Sl. 1-4
other hand, the elephant comes back to the bank drag-
ging the crocodile from the water, the king will prosper.
Thus ends the 94th Adhyaya on "The Attitude of Elephants."
Omens :—Section X.
वायसविरुतम् ॥९५॥ On the Cries of Crows.
प्राच्यानां दक्षिणतः शुभदाः काकाः करायिका वामाः ।
विपरीतमन्यदेशेष्ववधिर्लोकप्रसिद्धैव ॥१॥
Sloka 1.—In the case of the people of the eastern
countries, the sight of crows to their right is favourable,
but the Karayika is good when on the left side. This is
to be reversed in other countries. The demarcation of
the countries is to be understood duly from convention.
वैशाखे निरुपहते वृक्षे नीडः सुभिक्षशिवदाता ।
निन्दितकण्टकिशुष्केष्वसुभिक्षभयानि तद्देशे ॥२॥
Sloka 2.—If a crow builds its nest in an unspoilt
tree in the month of Vaisakha, there will be plenty of
food and prosperity ; if in a condemned, thorny or dry
tree, there will be danger of famine in that country.
नीडे प्राक्शाखायां शरदि भवेत् प्रथमवृष्टिरपरस्याम् ।
याम्योत्तरयोर्मध्यात् प्रधानवृष्टिस्तरोरुपरि ॥३॥
शिखिदिशि मण्डलवृष्टिर्नैर्ऋत्यां शारदस्य निष्पत्तिः ।
परिशेषयोः सुभिक्षं मूषकसम्पच्च वायव्ये ॥४॥
Slokas 3-4.—If the crow's nest be in an eastern
branch of a tree, the first showers for the year will fall
during the autumnal season; if it is on a western branch,
the rain will be in the rainy season itself; if it is on a