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

Adh. V. Sl. 43-46] पञ्चमोऽध्यायः 59
explained in the Nakshatra Kurma Adhyaya. (Ch. XIV,
infra)
मान्यान् is another reading for वन्यान्.
समाससंहितायाम्
कूर्माविभागेन वदेत् पीडां देशस्य वीक्ष्य नक्षत्रम् ।
सहितं ग्रहणं येन तद्देशश्चाप्नुयात् पीडाम् ॥
सव्यापसव्यलेहग्रसननिरोधावमर्दनारोहाः ।
आघ्रातं मध्यतमस्तमोऽन्त्य इति ते दश ग्रासाः ॥४३॥
Sloka 43.—The eclipses consist of ten varieties, viz.,
Savya, Apasavya, Leha, Grasana, Nirodha, Avamardana,
Aroha, Aghrata, Madhyatama and Thamonthya.
सव्यगते तमसि जगज्जलप्लुतं भवति मुदितमभयं च ।
अपसव्ये नरपतितस्करावमर्देः प्रजानाशः ॥४४॥
Sloka 44.—When Rahu is on the southern side of the
Sun or the Moon during an eclipse, floods will occur and
there will be happiness and freedom from fear. When
Rahu is on the northern side, there will be oppression
through the sovereign and thieves and people will die in
consequence. If the lunar eclipse commences from the
southeast, it is called Savya, while, from the north-east,
it is called Apasavya. In the case of the solar eclipse,
the respective directions are northwest and southwest.
जिह्वोपलेढि परितस्तिमिरनुदो मण्डलं यदि स लेहः ।
प्रमुदितसमस्तभूता प्रभूततोया च तत्र मही ॥४५॥
Sloka 45.—The eclipse is called लेह (Leha) where the
orb of the Sun or the Moon is enveloped (as if licked)
by (the tongue of) darkness. All beings will be happy
and there will be abundance of water all over the earth.
ग्रसनमिति यदा त्र्यंशः पादो वा गृह्यतेऽथवाऽप्यर्द्धम् ।
स्फीतनृपवित्तहानिः पीडा च स्फीतदेशानाम् ॥४६॥