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

54 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. V. Sl. 28-31.

• Slokas 28-31.—If the eclipse should begin when
  the Sun or the Moon has just half-risen, the low tribes,
  Chandalas, etc., will suffer and all sacrifices will be
  destroyed. (If the visible portion of the sky be divided
  into seven equal divisions and if such an event happen
  in the first division, those that earn their livelihood with
  the help of fire such as gold-smiths, virtuous men,
  Brahmins and hermits will suffer. Agriculturists, here-
  tics, traders, the Kshatriyas, leaders of the army, these
  will be destroyed, if the eclipse happens in the second
  division.) The eclipse that occurs in the third division
  will bring on distress to artisans, artists, the Sudras,
  the Mlechchas and ministers. (When the eclipse happens
  in mid-day, i. e., the central or fourth division, the king
  and the central country will be destroyed; corn will
  sell at fair rates.) Quadrupeds, ministers, people in the
  harem and Vaisyas will perish when the eclipse occurs
  in the 5th division of the sky. The eclipse in the
  sixth division will destroy the womankind and the
  Sudras; while thieves and people living in the border
  countries will be annihilated when the eclipse occurs
  at the setting time. When the end of the eclipse
  happens in the several divisions of the sky referred to
  above, the effect will prove good to the corresponding
  people.
  तथा च काश्यपः
  उदितास्तमितौ ग्रस्तौ सर्वसस्यक्षयङ्करौ ।
  सर्वग्रस्तौ यदा पश्येद्दुर्भिक्षं तत्र जायते ॥
  प्रथमांशे विप्रपीडा क्षत्रियाणां द्वितीयके ।
  शूद्राणां च तृतीयांशे चतुर्थे मध्यदेशिनाम् ॥