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

718 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XCV. Sl. 36-40.
if on a buffalo, one will be attacked by fever the same
day ; if on a bush, the effect is negligible.
कार्यस्य व्याघातस्तृणकूटे वामगेऽम्बुसंस्थे वा।
ऊर्ध्वाग्निप्लुष्टेऽशनिहते च काके वधो भवति ॥३६॥
Sloka 36 --When the crow caws sitting on a heap
of straw or on water to the left of a person, his business
will be spoiled by hindrances ; when it is perched on a
tree whose top is burnt by fire or struck by lightning,
there will be death.
कण्टकमिश्रे सौम्ये सिद्धिः कार्यस्य भवति कलहश्च।
कण्टकिनि भवति कलहो वल्लीपरिवेष्टिते बन्धः ॥३७॥
Sloka 37.—If it sits on an auspicious but thorny tree,
there will be success of the undertaking and quarrel too ;
if on a thorny tree, there will be quarrel ; if on a tree
entwined with creepers, imprisonment.
छिन्नाग्रेऽङ्गच्छेदः कलहः शुष्कद्रुमस्थिते ध्वाङ्क्षे।
पुरतश्च पृष्ठतो वा गोमयसंस्थे धनप्राप्तिः ॥३८॥
Sloka 38.—If it sits on a tree whose top is chopped
off, one will be deprived of a limb ; if on a withered
tree, there will be quarrel ; if on cowdung in front of or
behind a person, he will get money.
मृतपुरुषाङ्गावयवस्थितोऽभिविरुवन् करोति मृत्युभयम्।
भञ्जन्नस्थि च चञ्च्वा यदि विरुवत्यस्थिभङ्गाय ॥३९॥
Sloka 39.—One cawing sitting on a limb of a dead
body causes fear of death. One breaking a bone with its
beak and cawing causes the fracture of the traveller's bone.
रज्ज्वस्थिकाष्ठकण्टकिनिःसारशिरोरुहानने रुवति।
भुजगगददंष्ट्रितस्करशस्त्राग्निभयान्यनुक्रमशः ॥४०॥