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

458 बृहत्संहितायाम् [LIII. 124-125, LIV. 1-2.
if a red one, a blood-sucker ; if a green-gram-like one,
a stone ; and if a tawny one, a rat ; and if a sword-like
one, water.
धान्यगोगुरुहुताशसुराणां न स्वपेदुपरि नाप्यनुवंशम् ।
नोत्तरापरशिरा न च नग्नो नैव चार्द्रचरणः श्रियमिच्छन् ॥१२४॥
Sloka 124.—One wishing for prosperity ought not
to sleep above grains, cows, elders, fire and deitics ; nor
along the diagonals, nor with the head turned towards
the north or west, nor naked, nor with wet feet
भूरिपुष्पविकरं सतोरणं तोयपूर्णकलशोपशोभितम् ।
धूपगन्धबलिपूजितामरं ब्राह्मणध्वनियुतं विशेद् गृहम् ॥१२५॥
Sloka 125.—One ought to enter a house which is
strewn with an abundance of flowers, decked with arches,
embellished with pots filled with water, where the deities
are worshipped with incense, perfumes and oblations and
which is reverberating with the sound of Brahmins
chanting Vedas.
By the word अमर is meant the Gods inside the वास्तु aud not
those that are situated in the outer compartments.
Thus ends the 53rd Adhyaya on 'House-building'.
दकार्गलम् ॥५४॥ On the Exploration of Water Springs
धर्म्यं यशस्यं च वदाम्यतोऽहं दकार्गल येन जलोपलब्धिः ।
पुंसां यथाङ्गेषु शिरास्तथैव क्षितावपि प्रोन्नतनिम्नसंस्थाः ॥१॥
एकेन वर्णेन रसेन चाम्भश्च्युतं नभस्तो वसुधाविशेषात् ।
नानारसत्वं बहुवर्णतां च गतं परीक्ष्यं क्षितितुल्यमेव ॥२॥

Adh. LIV. Sl. 3-6.] चतुःपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 459
Slokas 1-2.—I shall now explain the science of
‘Water-finding’ which leads to religious merit and re-
nown, for, it helps men to ascertain the existence of water.
Just as there are veins in the human body, even so do
they exist, some higher up, others lower down, in the
earth. The water that falls from the sky with the same
colour and taste, assumes various colours and tastes owing
to the difference in the nature of the earth. Hence it
should be examined in relation to its environments.
पुरुहूतानलयमनिर्ऋतिवरुणपवनेन्दुशङ्करा देवाः ।
विज्ञातव्याः क्रमशः प्राच्याद्यानां दिशां पतयः ॥३॥
दिक्पतिसञ्ज्ञा च शिरा नवमी मध्ये महाशिरानाम्नी ।
एताभ्योऽन्याः शतशो विनिःसृता नामभिः प्रथिताः ॥४॥
पातालादूर्ध्वशिरा शुभा चतुर्दिक्षु संस्थिता याश्च ।
कोणदिगुत्था न शुभाः शिरानिमित्तान्यतो वक्ष्ये ॥५॥
Slokas 3-5.—The divine lords of the eight quarters
beginning with the east are in their order, Indra, Agni,
Yama, Nirriti (demon), Varuna, Wind, the Moon and
Siva. The veins in the different quarters are known
by the names of their respective lords. There is a ninth,
called ‘The Great Vein’, in the middle of these. There
are hundreds of veins branching off from these and
bearing distinct appellations. A vein that comes up
from the nether world is good; so are those in the four
directions. But those in the intermediate quarters are
not auspicious. Hereafter I shall explain the character-
istics of the veins.
यदि वेतसोऽम्बुरहिते देशे हस्तैस्त्रिभिस्ततः पश्चात् ।
सार्धे पुरुषे तोयं वहति शिरा पश्चिमा तत्र ॥६॥

460 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LIV. Sl. 7-10.
चिह्नमपि चार्धपुरुषे मण्डूकः पाण्डुरोऽथ मृत् पीता ।
पुटभेदकश्च तस्मिन् पाषाणो भवति तोयमधः ॥७॥
Slokas 6-7.—If rotang (tree) is seen flourishing in
a waterless tract, there will be water at a depth of 7½
cubits at a distance of 3 cubits to the west of the tree.
There will be found a westerly vein flowing underneath.
At a depth of 2½ cubits, the symptoms would be a pale
white frog ; thereafter, yellow clay, and further, a very
hard stone (which will break only by the application of
great heat) and underneath that there will be water.
Man's height is 120 digits or 5 cubits.
जम्ब्वाश्चोदग्घस्तैस्त्रिभिः शिराधो नरद्वये पूर्वा ।
मृल्लोहगन्धिका पाण्डुरा च पुरुषेऽत्र मण्डूकः ॥८॥
Sloka 8.—In a similar tract, if a Jambu tree is found,
an easterly vein will be obtained at a depth of ten cubits
at a distance of three cubits to its north. The signs are,
the earth smelling like iron at a depth of five cubits ;
next, pale-white clay, and further, a frog.
जम्बूवृक्षस्य प्राग्वल्मीको यदि भवेत् समीपस्थः ।
तस्माद्दक्षिणपार्श्वे सलिलं पुरुषद्वये स्वादु ॥९॥
अर्धपुरुषे च मत्स्यः पारावतसन्निभश्च पाषाणः ।
मृद्भवति चात्र नीला दीर्घं कालं च बहु तोयम् ॥१०॥
Slokas 9-10.—If there is an ant-hill nearby to the
east of a Jambu tree, there will be sweet water at a depth
of ten cubits at a distance of three cubits to the south of
the tree. When the earth is dug 2½ cubits deep, there
will be found fish ; next a stone with the colour of a
dove ; and next blue clay. Here there will be plenty of
water for a long time.

Adh. LIV. Sl. 11-15.] चतुःपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 461
पश्चादुदुम्बरस्य त्रिभिरेव करैर्नरद्वये सार्धे ।
पुरुषे सितोऽहिरश्माञ्जनोपमोऽधः शिरा सुजला ॥११॥
Sloka 11.—If there is an Indian Fig tree in a water-
less tract (with or without an ant-hill thereby), there will
be a vein of good water at a distance of only three cubits
to its west and at a depth of 12½ cubits. Here, the
signs are a white snake at a depth of five cubits and
further a stone as dark as collyrium.
उदगर्जुनस्य दृश्यो वल्मीको यदि ततोऽर्जुनाद्धस्तैः ।
त्रिभिरम्बु भवति पुरुषैस्त्रिभिरर्धसमन्वितैः पश्चात् ॥१२॥
श्वेता गोधार्धनरे पुरुषे मृद्धूसरा ततः कृष्णा ।
पीता सिता ससिकता ततो जलं निर्दिशेदमितम् ॥१३॥
Slokas 12-13. - If there be an ant-hill to the north
of an Arjuna tree, there would be water at a depth of
17½ cubits, at a distance of three cubits to its west. When
the earth is dug 2½ cubits deep, there will be a white
lizard ; then at a depth of five cubits, grey clay; then
dark, then yellow, then white, and then sandy earth.
Beneath that, abundant water is to be predicted.
वल्मीकोपचितायां निर्गुण्ड्यां दक्षिणेन कथितकरैः ।
पुरुषद्वये सपादे स्वादु जलं भवति चाशोष्यम् ॥१४॥
रोहितमत्स्योऽर्धनरे मृत् कपिला पाण्डुरा ततः परतः ।
सिकता सशर्कराऽथ क्रमेण परतो भवत्यम्भः ॥१५॥
Slokas 14-15.—There will be sweet and never-fail-
ing water at a depth of 11¼ cubits at a distance 3 cubits
to the south of a Nirgundi (Indigo) tree with an ant-hill
nearby. At a depth of 2½ cubits, there will be red fish ;
then, red brown clay ; further, pale-white clay ; then, sand
mixed with gravel ; beneath that, there will be water.

462 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh LIV. Sl. 16-20
पूर्वेण यदि बदर्या वल्मीको दृश्यते जलं पश्चात् ।
पुरुषैस्त्रिभिरादेश्यं श्वेता गृहगोधिकाङ्गेऽनरं ॥१६॥
Sloka 16.—When an ant-hill is seen to the east of
a Jujube tree, water is to be declared at a depth of 15
cubits at a distance of 3 cubits to its west When the
earth is dug 2½ cubits, a white lizard will be found.
सपलाशा बदरी चेद्दिश्यपरस्यां ततो जलं भवति ।
पुरुषत्रये सपादे पुरुषेऽत्र च दुण्डुभश्चिह्नम् ॥१७॥
Sloka 17.—If a Jujube tree is seen along with a
Palasa tree, water will be found at a depth of 16¼ cubits
at a distance of 3 cubits to its west. At a depth of 5
cubits, the sign will be a non-poisonous snake.
बिल्वोदुम्बरयोगे विहाय हस्तत्रयं तु याम्येन ।
पुरुषैस्त्रिभिरम्बु भवेत् कृष्णोऽर्द्धनरे च मण्डूकः ॥१८॥
Sloka 18.—There will be water at a depth of 15
cubits at a distance of 3 cubits to the south of a place
where a Bilwa and an Indian fig tree are together. The
sign at a depth of 2½ cubits is a black frog.
काकोदुम्बरिकायां वल्मीको दृश्यते शिरा तस्मिन् ।
पुरुषत्रये सपादे पश्चिमदिक्स्था वहति सा च ॥१९॥
आपाण्डुपीतिका मृद्गोरसवर्णश्च भवति पाषाणः ।
पुरुषार्धे कुमुदनिभो दृष्टिपथं मूषको याति ॥२०॥
Slokas 19-20.—If an ant-hill is seen near a Kako-
dumbara tree, there will be a westerly water vein flowing
at a depth 16¼ cubits. The signs are pale yellow clay
and white stone; and at a depth of 2½ cubits a lily-
coloured white rat will greet the eyes.

Adh. LIV. Sl. 21-26.] चतुःपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 463
जलपरिहीने देशे वृक्षः कम्पिल्लको यदा दृश्यः ।
प्राच्यां हस्तत्रितये वहति शिरा दक्षिणा प्रथमम् ॥२१॥
मृन्नीलोत्पलवर्णा कापोता दृश्यते ततस्तस्मिन् ।
हस्तेऽजगन्धको मत्स्यकः पयोऽल्पं च सक्षारम् ॥२२॥
Slokas 21-22.—When a Kampillaka tree is seen in a
waterless tract, there will be a southerly water-vein flow-
ing at a depth of 16½ cubits at a distance of 3 cubits to
the east of it. The signs are blue clay, then lily-coloured,
and further dove-coloured clay; and further, at a depth
of one cubit, there will be a fish with the smell of goat,
and beneath that, a little brackish water.
शोणाकतरोरपरोत्तरे शिरा द्वौ करावतिक्रम्य ।
कुमुदा नाम शिरा सा पुरुषत्रयवाहिनी भवति ॥२३॥
Sloka 23.—There is a water-vein called Kumuda,
which flows at a depth of 15 cubits and at a distance of
two cubits to the north-west of a Sonaka tree.
आसन्नो वल्मीको दक्षिणपार्श्वे विभीतकस्य यदि ।
अध्यर्धे भवति शिरा पुरुषे ज्ञेया दिशि प्राच्याम् ॥२४॥
Sloka 24.—If there is an ant-hill nearby to the
south of a Vibhitaka tree, there will be a water-vein at
a depth of 7½ cubits at a distance of 2 cubits to its east.
तस्यैव पश्चिमायां दिशि वल्मीको यदा भवेद्धस्ते ।
तत्रोद्ग्भवति शिरा चतुर्भिरर्धाधिकैः पुरुषैः ॥२५॥
श्वेतो विश्रम्भरकः प्रथमे पुरुषे तु कुङ्कुमाभोऽश्मा ।
अपरस्यां दिशि च शिरा नश्यति वर्षत्रयेऽतीते ॥२६॥
Slokas 25-26.—When the ant-hill is to the west of
the same tree, there will be a water-vein at a depth of
22½ cubits at a distance of a cubit to its north. The

464 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LIV. Sl. 27-32.
signs are a white scorpion (?) at a depth of 5 cubits, then
a crimson stone; then to the west flows a vein. This
vein will disappear after three years.
सकुशासित ऐशान्यां वल्मीको यत्र कोविदारस्य ।
मध्ये तयोर्नरैरर्धपञ्चमैस्तोयमक्षोभ्यम् ॥२७॥
प्रथमे पुरुषे भुजगः कमलोदरसन्निभो मही रक्ता ।
कुरुविन्दः पाषाणश्चिह्नान्येतानि वाच्यानि ॥२८॥
Slokas 27-28. — If there is an ant-hill darkened by
holy grass to the north-east of a Kovidāra tree, there will
be undrying water at a depth of 22½ cubits between the
tree and the ant-hill. The signs mentioned are: a snake
of the colour of a lotus-calix at a depth of 5 cubits; red
earth and a coryndon stone.
यदि भवति सप्तपर्णो वल्मीकवृतस्तदुत्तरं तोयम् ।
वाच्यं पुरुषैः पञ्चभिरत्रापि भवन्ति चिह्नानि ॥२९॥
पुरुषार्धे मण्डूको हरितो हरितालसन्निभा भूश्च ।
पाषाणोऽभ्रनिकाशः सौम्या च शिरा शुभाम्बुवहा ॥३०॥
Slokas 29-30. — If a Saptaparna tree is surrounded by
an ant-hill, water is to be declared at a depth of 25
cubits at a distance of one cubit to the north of it. The
signs are: a green frog at a depth of 2½ cubits, the earth
resembling yellow orpiment, a stone dark like the cloud,
and beneath that, a northerly vein carrying good water.
सर्वेषां वृक्षाणामधः स्थितो दर्दुरो यदा दृश्यः ।
तस्माद्धस्ते तोयं चतुर्भिरर्धाधिकैः पुरुषैः ॥३१॥
पुरुषे तु भवति नकुलो नीला मृत्पीतिका ततः श्वेता ।
दर्दुरसमानरूपः पाषाणो दृश्यते चात्र ॥३२॥

Adh. LIV. Sl. 33-37.] चतुःपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 465
Slokas 31-32.—When a frog is seen at the foot of
any tree, there will be water at a depth of 22½ cubits at
a distance of one cubit to its north. The signs are : a
mongoose at a depth of 5 cubits, then blue clay, yellow,
then white clay and next a stone of the shape of a frog.
यद्यहिनिलयो दृश्यो दक्षिणतः संस्थितः करञ्जस्य ।
हस्तद्वये तु याम्ये पुरुषत्रितये शिरा सार्धे ॥३३॥
कच्छपकः पुरुषाद्धे प्रथमं चोद्भिद्यते शिरा पूर्वा ।
उदगन्या स्वादुजला हरितोऽश्माधस्ततस्तोयम् ॥३४॥
Slokas 33-34.—If there is an ant-hill to the south of
a Karanja tree, there will be a water-vein at a depth of
17½ cubits at a distance of 2 cubits to its south. The
signs are : a tortoise at a depth of 2½ cubits; there will
first of all appear an easterly vein, then a northerly vein
containing sweet water ; then a green stone below; under-
neath that, there will be water.
उत्तरतश्च मधूकादहिनिलयः पश्चिमे तरोस्तोयम् ।
परिहृत्य पञ्च हस्तानर्धाष्टमपौरुषान् प्रथमम् ॥३५॥
अहिराजः पुरुषेऽस्मिन् धूम्रा धात्री कुलुत्थवर्णोऽश्मा ।
माहेन्द्री भवति शिरा वहति सफेनं सदा तोयम् ॥३६॥
Slokas 35-36.—If there be an ant-hill to the north of
a Madhuka tree, there will be water at a depth of 37½
cubits at a distance of 5 cubits to the west of the tree.
The signs are : first, a big serpent at a depth of 5 cubits,
then tawny clay, a stone of the colour of horse gram ;
next, there will be an easterly vein, carrying always
foamy water.
वल्मीकः स्निग्धो दक्षिणेन तिलकस्य सकुशदूर्वश्चेत् ।
पुरुषैः पञ्चभिरम्भो दिशि वारुण्यां शिरा पूर्वा ॥३७॥
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466 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LIV. Sl. 38-42.
Sloka 37.—If there be a glossy ant-hill covered with
holy grass and Durva to the south of a Tilaka tree, there
will be water at a depth of 25 cubits at a distance of 5
cubits to the west of the tree. The vein there is an
easterly one.
सर्पावासः पश्चाद्यदा कदम्बस्य दक्षिणेन जलम् ।
परतो हस्तत्रितयात् पङ्किः पुरुषैस्तुरीयोनैः ॥३८॥
कौबेरी चात्र शिरा वहति जलं लोहगन्धि चाक्षोभ्यम् ।
कनकनिभो मण्डूको नरमात्रे मृत्तिका पीता ॥३९॥
Slokas 38-39.—If there be an ant-hill to the west of
a Kadamba tree, there will be a northerly vein, carrying
inexhaustible water with the smell of iron at a depth of
28¾ cubits at a distance of 3 cubits to the south of the
tree. The signs are : a gold-hued frog at a depth of 5
cubits ; and next, yellow-clay.
वल्मीकसंवृतो यदि तालो वा भवति नालिकेरो वा ।
पश्चात् षड्भिर्हस्तैर्नरैश्चतुर्भिः शिरा याम्या ॥४०॥
Sloka 40.—If a palm tree or a cocoanut tree is
found covered with ant-hills, there will be a southerly
water-vein at a depth of 20 cubits at a distance of 6
cubits to the west of the tree.
याम्येन कपित्थस्याहिसंश्रयश्चेदुदग्जलं वाच्यम् ।
सप्तपरित्यज्य करान् खात्वा पुरुषान् जलं पञ्च ॥४१॥
कर्बुरकोऽहिः पुरुषे कृष्णा मृत्पुटभिदपि च पाषाणः ।
श्वेता मृत्पश्चिमतः शिरा ततश्चोत्तरा भवति ॥४२॥
Slokas 41-42.--If there be an ant-hill to the south
of a wood-apple tree, there will be water at a depth of
25 cubits at a distance of 7 cubits to the north of the

Adh. LIV. Sl. 43-48.] चतुःपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 467
tree. The signs will be ; a spotted snake at a depth of
5 cubits, then, black clay, a hard stone, next white clay ;
then there will be a westerly vein and next, a northerly
one.
अश्मन्तकस्य वामे बदरी वा दृश्यतेऽहिनिलयो वा ।
षड्भिरुदक् तस्य करैः सार्धे पुरुषत्रये तोयम् ॥४३॥
कूर्मः प्रथमे पुरुषे पाषाणो धूम्रः ससिकता मृत् ।
आदौ च शिरा याम्या पूर्वोत्तरतो द्वितीया च ॥४४॥
Slokas 43-44 —If there be an ant-hill or a Jujube
tree to the north of an Asmantaka tree, there will be
water 17½ cubits down and 6 cubits to the north of the
tree ; the signs will be : a tortoise in the first layer (5
cubits deep), then brown stone, next, clay with sand ;
then first of all a southerly vein and next, a north-
easterly one.
वामेन हरिद्रुतरोर्वल्मीकश्चेजलं भवति पूर्वे ।
हस्तत्रितये सत्र्यंशैः पुम्भिः पञ्चभिर्भवति ॥४५॥
नीलो भुजगः पुरुषे मृत् पीता मरकतोपमश्चाश्मा ।
कृष्णा भूः प्रथमं वारुणी शिरा दक्षिणेनान्या ॥४६॥
Slokas 45-46.—If there is an ant-hill to the north of
a Haridra tree, there will be water 28¾ cubits down and
3 cubits to its east. The signs are : a blue snake in the
first instance, next, yellow clay, then, an emerald-like
stone, next black earth, then first a westerly vein and
next a southerly one.
जलपरिहीने देशे दृश्यन्तेऽनूपजानि चिह्नानि ।
वीरणदूर्वा मृदवश्च यत्र तस्मिन् जलं पुरुषे ॥४७॥
भार्गी त्रिवृता दन्ती सूकरपादी च लक्ष्मणा चैव ।
नवमालिका च हस्तद्वयेऽम्बु याम्ये त्रिभिः पुरुषैः ॥४८॥

468 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. Sl. LIV. 49-52.
Slokas 47-48. If in a waterless place are seen the
characteristics of a watery tract or soft Virana grass or
Durva, water will be available at 5 cubits below the earth;
or if a kind of brinjal, Trivrita (சிவத்தை), Nagadanti, Su-
karapadi, Lakshmana and Navamalika Creeper be found
to be growing, water will be found at 15 cubits below
the earth and two cubits to the south.
स्निग्धाः प्रलम्बशाखा वामनविकटद्रुमाः समीपजलाः ।
सुषिरा जर्जरपत्रा रूक्षाश्च जलेन सन्त्यक्ताः ॥४९॥
Sloka 49.—Those trees which are glossy, have long
branches hanging down, are very short and extensive
have water nearby; whereas hollow and rough trees
with shattered leaves do not indicate water in the
neighbourhood.
तिलकाम्रातकवरुणकभल्लातकबिल्वतिन्दुकाङ्कोलाः ।
पिण्डारशिरीषाञ्जनपरूषका वञ्जुलोऽतिबला ॥५०॥
एते यदि सुस्निग्धा वल्मीकैः परिवृतास्ततस्तोयम् ।
हस्तैस्त्रिभिरुत्तरतश्चतुर्भिरर्धेन च नरेण ॥५१॥
Slokas 50-51. - If Tilaka, Amrataka, Varunaka,
Bhallataka, Bilwa, Tinduka, Ankola, Pindara, Sirisha,
Anjana, Parushaka, Vanjula and Atibala are very glossy
and covered with ant-hills, there will be water 3 cubits
from there to the north at a depth of 22½ cubits.
अतृणे सतृणा यस्मिन् सतृणे तृणवर्जिता मही यत्र ।
तस्मिन् शिरा प्रदिष्टा वक्तव्यं वा धनं चास्मिन् ॥५२॥
Sloka 52.—If in a grassless place, a patch of ground
is seen covered with grass, or in a grassy place, one is
seen without it, a vein of water or treasure is to be
declared to exist there.

Adh. LIV. Sl. 53-57.] चतुष्पञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 469
कण्टक्यकण्टकानां व्यत्यासेऽम्भस्त्रिभिः करैः पश्चात् ।
खात्वा पुरुषत्रितयं त्रिभागयुक्तं धनं वा स्यात् ॥५३॥
Sloka 53.—When a thorny tree flourishes in the
midst of non-thorny trees or vice versa, there is a trea-
sure or water at a depth of 18¾ cubits at a distance of
3 cubits to the west.
नदति मही गम्भीरं यस्मिंश्चरणाहता जलं तस्मिन् ।
सार्द्धैस्त्रिभिर्मनुष्यैः कौबेरी तत्र च शिरा स्यात् ॥५४॥
Sloka 54.—Where the earth being stamped by feet
emits a loud sound, a northerly water-vein will be found
there at 17½ cubits.
वृक्षस्यैका शाखा यदि विनता भवति पाण्डुरा वा स्यात् ।
विज्ञातव्यं शाखातले जलं त्रिपुरुषं खात्वा ॥५५॥
Sloka 55.—Where a single branch of a tree hangs
low or is colourless, it is to be understood that water
exists at a depth of 15 cubits under the branch.
फलकुसुमविकारो यस्य तस्य पूर्वे शिरा त्रिभिर्हस्तैः ।
भवति पुरुषैश्चतुर्भिः पाषाणोऽधः क्षितिः पीता ॥५६॥
Sloka 56.—Where the fruits and flowers of a tree
are unnatural, a water-vein flows at a depth of 20 cubits
at a distance of 3 cubits to the east. The signs are :
stone below and yellow earth.
यदि कण्टकारिका कण्टकैर्विना दृश्यते सितैः कुसुमैः ।
तस्यास्तलेऽम्बु वाच्यं त्रिभिर्नरैरर्धपुरुषे च ॥५७॥
Sloka 57.—If a Kantakari (Brinjal ?) is seen without
thorns but with white flowers, there will be water under-
neath it at 17½ cubits.

470 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LIV. Sl. 58-62.
खर्जूरी द्विशिरस्का यत्र भवेज्जलविवर्जिते देशे ।
तस्याः पश्चिमभागे निर्देश्यं त्रिपुरुषैर्वारि ॥५८॥
Sloka 58.—Where in a waterless place there is a
date tree with two tops, water has to be declared to its
west at 15 cubits.
यदि भवति कर्णिकारः सितकुसुमः स्यात् पलाशवृक्षो वा ।
सव्येन तत्र हस्तद्वयेऽम्बु पुरुषद्वये भवति ॥५९॥
Sloka 59.—If a Karnikara or Palasa tree bears white
flowers, there is water two cubits to the south at a depth
of ten cubits.
यस्यामूष्मा धात्र्यां धूमो वा तत्र वारि नरयुगले ।
निर्देष्टव्या च शिरा महता तोयप्रवाहेण ॥६०॥
Sloka 60.—Where the ground steams or smokes,
there is water at 10 cubits ; and it may be stated that
the vein will yield an abundant supply of water.
यस्मिन् क्षेत्रोद्देशे जातं सस्यं विनाशमुपयाति ।
स्निग्धमतिपाण्डुरं वा महाशिरा नरयुगे तत्र ॥६१॥
Sloka 61.—Where, in the region of a field, the crops
that have grown perish, or there is glossy and very white
vegetation, there is a great vein at 10 cubits.
Thus have been stated the symptoms of water in jungle and
watery regions.
मरुदेशे भवति शिरा यथा तथातः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि ।
ग्रीवा करभाणामिव भूतलसंस्थाः शिरा यान्ति ॥६२॥
Sloka 62.—Now I shall expound the possibilities of
veins in desert regions. The water-veins run below the
earth's surface in the shape of camels' necks (i. e.
syphons.)

Adh. LIV. Sl. 63-68.] चतुःपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 471
पूर्वोत्तरेण पीलोर्यदि वल्मीको जलं भवति पश्चात् ।
उत्तरगमना च शिरा विज्ञेया पञ्चभिः पुरुषैः ॥६३॥
चिह्नं दर्दुर आदौ मृत्कपिला तत्परं भवेद्धरिता ।
भवति च पुरुषेऽश्मोष्मा तस्य तलेऽम्भो विनिर्देश्यम् ॥६४॥
Slokas 63-64.—If there is an ant-hill to the north-
east of a Peelu tree, there will be water to its west. The
vein will run in a northerly direction at a depth of 25
cubits. The signs would be : in the first instance a frog,
brown clay, then green clay, then below, a stone and
under that water.
पीलोरेव प्राच्यां वल्मीकोऽतोऽर्धपञ्चमैर्हस्तैः ।
दिशि याम्यायां तोयं वक्तव्यं सप्तभिः पुरुषैः ॥६५॥
प्रथमे पुरुषे भुजगः सितासितो हस्तमात्रमूर्त्तिश्च ।
दक्षिणतो वहति शिरा सक्षारं भूरि पानीयम् ॥६६॥
Slokas 65-66. If the ant-hill is to the east of the
Peelu tree, there will be water 4½ cubits to the south at
a depth of 35 cubits. The signs will be : in the first
instance there will be, at a distance of 5 cubits, a white
and dark snake of only one cubit length ; to its south
flows a vein with plenty of brackish water.
उत्तरतश्च करिरिखाहिगृहं दक्षिणे जलं स्वादु ।
दशभिः पुरुषैर्ज्ञेयं पुरुषे पीतोऽत्र मण्डूकः ॥६७॥
Sloka 67.—If there is an ant-hill to the north of a
tender bamboo, there is sweet water to its south at a
depth of 50 cubits. When the earth is dug 5 cubits, a
yellow frog will be seen.
रोहीतकस्य पश्चादहिवासश्चेत्त्रिभिः करैर्याम्ये ।
द्वादश पुरुषान् खात्वा सक्षारा पश्चिमेन शिरा ॥६८॥

472 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LIV. Sl. 69-73.
Sloka 68.—If there is an ant-hill to the west of a
Rohitaka tree, three cubits to its west, there is a vein of
brackish water flowing to the west at a depth of 60 cubits.
इन्द्रतरोर्वल्मीकः प्राग्दृश्यः पश्चिमे शिरा हस्ते ।
खात्वा चतुर्दश नरान् कपिला गोधा नरे प्रथमे ॥६९॥
Sloka 69.—If the ant-hill is to the east of an Indra
tree, there is a vein one cubit to its west at a depth of
70 cubits. The sign is a brown lizard in the first layer
of 5 cubits.
यदि वा सुवर्णनाम्नस्तरोर्भवेद्वामतो भुजङ्गगृहम् ।
हस्तद्वये तु याम्ये पञ्चदशनरावसानेऽम्बु ॥७०॥
क्षारं पयोऽत्र नकुलोऽर्धमानवे ताम्रसान्निभश्चाश्मा ।
रक्ता च भवति वसुधा वहति शिरा दक्षिणा तत्र ॥७१॥
Slokas 70-71.—If there is an ant-hill to the north of
a golden tree, there is water two cubits to the south at
a depth of 75 cubits. The water here will be brackish.
When the earth is dug 2½ cubits, there will be a mon-
goose ; next, copper-coloured stone ; then, red earth ; then
there flows a southerly vein.
बदरीरोहितवृक्षौ सम्पृक्तौ चेद्विनापि वल्मीकम् ।
हस्तत्रयेऽम्बु पश्चात् षोडशभिर्मानवैर्भवति ॥७२
सुरसं जलमादौ दक्षिणा शिरा वहति चोत्तरेणान्या ।
पिष्टनिभः पाषाणो मृत् श्वेता वृश्चिकोऽर्धनरे ॥७३॥
Slokas 72-73.—If a Jujube tree and a Rohita tree are
joined together with or without an ant-hill nearby, there is
water three cubits to the west at at a depth of 80 cubits.
The water will be tasty. At fiirst, a southerly vein flows,
then a northerly one, next, a stone resmbling a paste,
next white clay ; at 2½ cubits, a scorpion will be seen.

Adh. LIV. Sl. 74-79.] चतुःपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 473
सकरीरा चेद्वदरी त्रिभिः करैः पश्चिमेन तत्राम्भः ।
अष्टादशभिः पुरुषैरीशानी बहुजला च शिरा ॥७४॥
Sloka 74.—If a Jujube tree is joined with bamboo,
there is water 3 cubits to the west at a depth of 90 cubits.
The vein is a north-easterly one with abundant water.
पीलुसमेता बदरी हस्तत्रयसम्मिते दिशि प्राच्याम् ।
विंशत्या पुरुषाणामशोष्यमम्भोऽत्र सक्षारम् ॥७५॥
Sloka 75.—If a Jujube tree is seen in combination
with a Peelu tree, there is inexhaustible water, but brack-
ish, 3 cubits to the east at a depth of 100 cubits.
ककुभकरीरावेकत्र संयुतौ यत्र ककुभबिल्वौ वा ।
हस्तद्वयेऽम्बु पश्चान्न रैर्भवेत् पञ्चविंशत्या ॥७६॥
Sloka 76.—When Kakubha and bamboo trees or
Kakubha and Bilwa trees are joined together, there is
water two cubits to the west at a depth of 125 cubits.
वल्मीकमूर्धनि यदा दूर्वा च कुशाश्च पाण्डुराः सन्ति ।
कूपो मध्ये देयो जलमत्र नरैरेकविंशत्या ॥७७॥
Sloka 77 —When there is pale-white Durva or holy
grass on the top of an ant-hill, a well should be sunk in
its middle. Here there is water at a depth of 105 cubits.
भूमिः कदम्बकयुता वल्मीके यत्र दृश्यते दूर्वा ।
हस्तद्वयेन याम्ये नरैर्जलं पञ्चविंशत्या ॥७८॥
Sloka 78.—If, in a place full of Kadamba trees,
Durva grass is seen on an ant-hill, there is water 2 cubits
to the south at a depth of 125 cubits.
वल्मीकत्रयमध्ये रोहीतकपादपो यदा भवति ।
नानावृक्षैः सहितस्त्रिभिर्जलं तत्र वक्तव्यम् ॥७९॥
बृ. सं. 60

474 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh LIV. Sl. 80-84.
हस्तचतुष्के मध्यात् षोडशमिश्राङ्गुलेरुदग्वारि ।
चत्वारिंशत्पुरुषान् खात्वाऽश्माऽधः शिरा भवति ॥८०॥
Slokas 79-80.—When there is a Rohitaka tree sur-
rounded by three trees of different types in the midst of
three ant-hills, water is to be predicted there. The
water is four cubits and 16 digits to the north of the
centre of the ant-hills at a depth of 200 cubits. First
a stone will be seen and beneath that a water-vein.
ग्रन्थिप्रचुरा यस्मिन् शमी भवेदुत्तरेण वल्मीकः ।
पश्चात् पञ्चकरान्ते शतार्धसंख्यैर्नरैः सलिलम् ॥८१॥
Sloka 81.—Where there is a knotty Samee tree and
an ant-hill to its north, there is water 5 cubits to the
west at a depth of 250 cubits.
एकस्थाः पञ्च यदा वल्मीका मध्यमो भवेच्छ्वेतः ।
तस्मिन् शिरा प्रदिष्टा नरषष्ट्या पञ्चवर्जितया ॥८२॥
Sloka 82.—When there are five ant-hills in a place
and the central one is white, there is a vein underneath
the middle one at a depth of 275 cubits.
सपलाशा यत्र शमी पश्चिमभागेऽम्बु मानवैः षष्ट्या ।
अर्धनरेऽहिः प्रथमं सवालुका पीतमृत्परतः ॥८३॥
Sloka 83.—Where a Samee tree is combined with
a Palasa, there is water 5 cubits to its west at a depth of
300 cubits. When the earth is dug 2½ cubits deep, first, a
snake will be seen, and next, yellow clay mixed with
gravel.
वल्मीकेन परिवृतः श्वेतो रोहीतको भवेद्यस्मिन् ।
पूर्वेण हस्तमात्रे सप्तत्या मानवैरम्बु ॥८४॥

Adh. LIV. Sl. 85-89.] चतुःपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 475
Sloka 84.—Where there is a white Rohitaka tree
surrounded by an ant-hill, there is water one cubit to the
east at a depth of 350 cubits.
श्वेता कण्टकबहुला यत्र शमी दक्षिणेन तत्र पयः ।
नरपञ्चकसंयुतया सप्तत्याहिर्नरार्धे च ॥८५॥
Sloka 85.—Where there is a white Samee tree full
of thorns, there is water one cubit to its south at a
depth of 375 cubits. At a depth of 2½ cubits, there will
be a snake.
मरुदेशे यच्चिह्नं न जाङ्गले तैर्जलं विनिर्देश्यम् ।
जम्बूवेतसपूर्वैर्ये पुरुषास्ते मरौ द्विगुणाः ॥८६॥
Sloka 86.—The existence of water in a forest tract
may not be determined on such indications as apply to
a desert. The characteristics mentioned, viz., Jambu
Vetasa, etc., in waterless tracts, if seen in deserts, water
should be declared to exist there at twice the depth
mentioned.
जम्बूस्त्रिवृता मौर्वी शिशुमारी सारिवा शिवा श्यामा ।
वीरुधयो वाराही ज्योतिष्मती गरुडवेगा ॥८७॥
सूकरिकमाषपर्ण्योव्याघ्रपदाश्चेति यद्यहेर्निलये ।
वल्मीकादुत्तरतस्त्रिभिः करैस्त्रिपुरुषे तोयम् ॥८८॥
Slokas 87-88.—If a Jambu tree, Trivrit, Maurvi,
Sisumari, Sariva, Siva, Syama, Varahi, Jyotishmatee,
Garudadhvaja, Sukarika, Mashaparnee and Vyaghra-
pada creepers grow by an ant-hill, there is water three
cubits to the north of it at a depth of 15 cubits.
एतदनूपे वाच्यं जाङ्गलभूमौ तु पञ्चभिः पुरुषैः ।
एतैरेव निमित्तैर्मरुदेशे सप्तभिः कथयेत् ॥८९॥

476 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LIV. Sl. 90-94.
Sloka 89.—The above measures apply only to
watery tracts ; but in a forest region, the depth should
be 25 cubits. If there be the same indications in a
desert, water might be seen at a depth of 35 cubits.
एकनिभा यत्र मही तृणतरुवल्मीकगुल्मपरिहीना ।
तस्यां यत्न विकारो भवति धरित्र्यां जलं तत्र ॥९०॥
Sloka 90.—Where some ground, otherwise uniform
and devoid of grass, trees, ant-hills and bushes, con-
tains a piece of unusual appearance, there is water at
a depth of 25 cubits.
यत्र स्निग्धा निम्ना सवालुका सानुनादिनी वा स्यात् ।
तत्रार्धपञ्चकैर्वारि मानवैः पञ्चभिर्यदि वा ॥९१॥
Sloka 91.—Where the earth is soft, low, sandy and
emitting sound, there is water at a depth of 22½ or 25
cubits.
स्निग्धतरूणां याम्ये नरैश्चतुर्भिर्जलं प्रभूतं च ।
तरुगहनेऽपि हि विकृतो यस्तस्मात् तद्वदेव वदेत् ॥९२॥
Sloka 92.—There will be plenty of water at 20
cubits to the south of smooth trees. The same may be
said when a tree in the midst of a thick wood shows un-
common symptoms.
नमते यत्र धरित्री सार्धे पुरुषेऽम्बु जाङ्गलानूपे ।
कीटा वा यत्र विनालयेन बहवोऽम्बु तत्रापि ॥९३॥
Sloka 93.—Where in a forest or watery tract the
earth goes down being trodden upon, or where numerous
insects are seen without their abode, there is water at
a depth of 7½ cubits.
उष्णा शीता च मही शीतोष्णाम्भस्त्रिभिर्नरैः सार्धैः ।
इन्द्रधनुर्मत्स्यो वा वल्मीको वा चतुर्हस्तात् ॥९४॥

Adh. LIV. Sl. 95-99.] चतुःपञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 477
Sloka 94.—An isolated cold spot in a warm ground
denotes cold water ; an isolated warm spot in a cold
ground, warm water at a depth of 17½ cubits and at 4
cubits' distance, if a rainbow, fish or ant-hill is seen.
वल्मीकानां पङ्क्त्यां यद्येकोऽभ्युच्छ्रितः शिरा तदधः ।
शुष्यति न रोहते वा सस्यं यस्यां च तत्राम्भः ॥९५॥
Sloka 95.—If, in a row of ant-hills, one is taller than
the rest, there is a vein underneath that; and where
vegetation that has grown withers away or does not
sprout at all, there is water at a distance of four cubits.
न्यग्रोधपलाशोदुम्बरैः समेतैस्त्रिभिर्जलं तदधः ।
वटपिप्पलसमवाये तद्द्वाच्यं शिरा चोदक् ॥९६॥
Sloka 96.—Where a banyan, Palasa and Indian Fig
tree, or a banyan and a Pippala tree are found together,
there is water underneath them at 3 cubits' distance.
The vein lies northward.
आग्नेये यदि कोणे ग्रामस्य पुरस्य वा भवेत् कूपः ।
नित्यं स करोति भयं दाहं च समानुषं प्रायः ॥९७॥
नैर्ऋतकोणे बालक्षयं च वनिताभयं च वायव्ये ।
दिक्त्रयमेतत्त्यक्त्वा शेषासु शुभावहाः कूपाः ॥९८॥
Slokas 97-98.—If there be a well to the south-east
of a village or town, it would mostly cause constant fear,
and danger from fire to men. If it is situated in the
south-west, it causes loss of children ; if in the north-
west, it threatens the wife; wells in directions other
than these three are productive of beneficial results.
सारस्वतेन मुनिना दकार्गलं यत् कृतं तदवलोक्य ।
आर्याभिः कृतमेतद्वृत्तैरपि मानवं वक्ष्ये ॥९९॥