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

70 KṚṢI-PARĀŚARA
Now the indication of rainfall in Śrāvaṇa
62. If it rains (when the moon is) in the (Nakṣatra) Rohiṇī in
the month of Śrāvaṇa, then there will be rainfall so long as Hari does
not get up.¹
63. If it does not rain in the Nakṣatra (called) Rohiṇī during
the (sun's stay in the Zodiac) Cancer, then Parāśara laments—alas,
alas, what will be the condition of man ?
64. If it does not rain in Rohiṇī in the month of Śrāvaṇa, then
the agriculturists are subjected to the suffering caused by abortive
endeavours.
Now the knowledge of immediate rainfall
65 (There being) a waterspout in the midst of water or near
about, then the Creator says that there will be rainfall in no time for
the (preservation of) creation.
66. There will certainly be rainfall when ants rise (from their
holes) with eggs, and frogs croak all of a sudden.
67. (If) cats, ichneumons, serpents, other animals livng in
holes and moths run in an excited condition surely there will be
immediate rainfall.
68. (If) boys make bridges with dust on the road and peacocks
dance, (then) there will surely be immediate rainfall.
69. If there be pain in the bodies of men afflicted with wounds
and rheumatism, and ascent of a serpent on the top of a tree, (then)
these are indications of instantaneous rainfall.
70. Drying in the sun of the wings of aquatic birds and noise
of crickets in the sky are indications of immediate rainfall.
Now the knowledge of rainfall at the passing of Planets
(from one Zodiac to another)
71. When Mars and Saturn pass (from one Zodiac to another)
rainfall is certain. Jupiter passes after making the earth full of
water.
¹ Hari or Viṣṇu is supposed to be asleep from the middle of Āṣāḍha and
to be awake in the middle of Kārtika. The sleep and the waking of Viṣṇu are
respectively called śayana (or, Śayanī) and utthāna (or, Prabodhinī).