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

Adh. V. Sl. 60-62] पंचमोऽध्यायः 63
suffer from diseases. When it is the colour of a (topaz?)
spotless jewel (bluish-yellow), the Vaisyas will suffer des-
truction and there will be prosperity in the land; if it be
similar in colour to that of burning flame, there will be
risk from fire; and if the disc be of the colour of a mine-
ral, (gold ore?), there will be wars. If the colour be dark
as that of the Durva stalks or yellowish, there will be out-
break of epidemics. And when Rahu is like the Patala
flower in colour, there will be risk from lightning and
thunder-bolts. If the colour be a mixture of red and
brown, it indicates the ruin of the Kshatriyas and the
advent of drought. If the colour be similar to that of the
rising Sun, the lotus or the rainbow, it forebodes the out-
break of war.
पश्यन् ग्रस्तं सौम्यो घृतमधुतैलक्षयाय राज्ञां च ।
भौमः समरविमर्दं शिखिकोपं तस्करभयं च ॥६०॥
शुक्रः सस्यविमर्दं नानाक्लेशांश्च जनयति धरित्र्याम् ।
रविजः करोत्यवृष्टिं दुर्भिक्षं तस्करभयं च ॥६१॥
Slokas 60-61.—When Mercury aspects the eclipsed
Sun or the Moon, ghee, honey and oil willbecome dear
and rare and kings will suffer. If Mars should aspect
either of them in such a condition, there would be outbreak
of war, risk from fire and danger from thieves. If Venus
be the aspecting planet, there will be destruction of crops
and there will also arise various miseries and troubles in
the land. When Saturn is the planet that is aspecting,
rains will fail, famine and risk from thieves will result:
यदशुभमवलोकनाभिरुक्तं ग्रहजनितं ग्रहणे प्रमोक्षणे वा ।
सुरपतिगुरुणावलोकिते तच्छममुपयाति जलैरिवाग्निरिद्धः ॥६२॥