कृषि-पाराशर (महर्षि पराशर - प्राचीन भारतीय कृषि, मृदा-परीक्षण, वर्षा-पूर्वानुमान व बीज-संस्कार)

KṚṢI-PARĀŚARA 69
56. In samudra¹ rainfall will be excessive, on parvata² there
will be drought; rainfall will be moderate at the sides³ (of the
parvata) and good at the junctures⁴ (of the parvata).
Now the indication of rainfall in Jyaiṣṭha
57-58. If there be absence of cloud in the (Nakṣatras) Citrā,
Svātī and Viśākhā in the month of Jyaiṣṭha, and if it rains in these
very (Nakṣatras) in Śrāvaṇa, then the year will be blessed and
productive of many crops. If it rains in the ten Nakṣatras starting
with Ārdrā⁵ in the bright half at the beginning of Jyaiṣṭha (then)
places having water become dry and dry places full of water.
Now the indication of rainfall in Āṣāḍha
59. During full moon in Āṣāḍha, the wind blowing from the
east, south-east, south-west, west, north-west, north and north-east
always foreshows respectively good rainfall, destruction of crops,
scanty rainfall, damage of crops, rainfall, violent wind and
abundance of crops on earth.
60. If it rains on the ninth day of the bright half of Āṣāḍha
then there must be rainfall (throughout the year); there being no
rainfall then whence will there be water ?
61. If on the ninth lunar mansion in the bright half of Āṣāḍha,
the slope of the eastern mountain becomes clear, the sun, with
scorching rays, assumes its own circular form, and if, while setting,
it be surrounded by clouds, then there will be downpour so long as
(the sun does not) march out of Libra.
¹ This is the technical term for the Nakṣatras from Rohiṇī to Uttara-
phalgunī, and from Jyeṣṭhā to Pūrva-bhādrapada, (Vide Vaṅgavāsī ed. of the
Kṛṣi-saṁgraha, p. 13, translation).
² It signifies the Nakṣatras Kṛttikā, Hastā, Anurādhā or Uttarā-bhādrapada
(Ibid).
³ Aśvinī or Svātī (Ibid).
⁴ Bharaṇī, Citrā, Viśākhā or Revatī. (Ibid).
⁵ Ārdrā, Punarvasu, Puṣyā, Aśleṣā, Maghā, Pūrva-phalgunī, Uttara-
phalgunī, Hastā, Citrā and Svāti.
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