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

Adh. V. Sl. 98. VI-1.] षष्ठोऽध्यायः 75
Sloka 97.—If after a lunar eclipse there should hap-
pen a solar one at the end of the fortnight, the effect will
be that people will become wicked and unjust in their
behaviour and there will be disharmony among couples.
अर्कग्राहात्तु शशिनो ग्रहणं यदि दृश्यते ततो विप्राः ।
नैकक्रतुफलभाजो भवन्ति मुदिताः प्रजाश्चैव ॥९८॥
Sloka 98.—If a lunar eclipse happens at the next
fortnight after a solar one, the Brahmins will perform
many sacrifices and be blessed thereby and the entire
population will be happy and contented.
When a solar or lunar eclipse occurs, persons at whose birth
the Moon occupied the same sign as at the eclipse, should perform
expiatory ceremonies in order to ward off any calamities that
may befall them or their families. These are explained in detail
in Adhyaya 67 of the मत्स्यपुराण-Mathsya Purana. They generally
relate to the worship of the lords of the eight quarters headed by
Indra in four earthen pots filled with herbs, mud, gems, etc. repre-
senting the four oceans, and of Brahmins with the presents of
cows and clothes.
Thus ends the fifth Adhyaya on the 'course of Rahu'.
भौमचारः ॥६॥ Mars.
यद्युदयर्क्षाद्वक्रं करोति नवमाष्टसप्तमर्क्षेषु ।
तद्वक्त्रमुष्णमुदये पीडाकरमग्निवार्तानाम् ॥१॥
Sloka 1.—Note the asterism occupied by Mars at
the time he emerges after his last conjunction with the
Sun. If he should begin his retrograde motion when he is
passing the 7th, 8th or 9th star reckoned from the aforesaid
asterism, it is called वक्त्रमुष्ण-Vaktramushna. People eking
their livelihood through working on fire will suffer thereby.