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

64 KṚṢI-PARĀŚARA
11. Hence, for the knowledge of rainfall, have a correct knowledge
of the lord of the year, the minister as well as the cloud and also of
the āḍhaka¹ of water.
Now the determination of the Lord (of year)
12. After multiplying the (number of the) Śaka year by 3, and
adding 2 (to the product), divide it by 7; the remainder is to be
known as King. The fourth from the king is Minister.
13. The sun being the king, rainfall is moderate²; it is severe in
the (régime of) moon (lit., lord of night). There is always scanty
rainfall under Mars ; rainfall is the best under Mercury (lit., offspring
of moon).
14. Rainfall is good under Jupiter,³ and it is best under Venus.
Under Saturn the earth, devoid of rainfall, becomes full of dust.
15. In the year, in which the sun is the king, there take place
optical diseases, fever, misfortune, all calamities, scanty⁴ rainfall and
incessant wind.
16. In the year, in which the moon becomes the king, he is sure
to make the earth full of crops and to cause freedom from disease to
mankind.
17. In the year, having Mars as the king, there will always take
place loss of crops, disease among mankind, and the earth (will
become) devoid of crops.
18. In the year, in which Mercury is the king, there are freedom
from disease, easy movement and easy availability of alms on the
earth.
19. In the year, in which Jupiter is the king, there are stability
of virtues, tranquillity of mind and best cause of rainfall; the entire
earth is possessed of wealth.
1 A measure of water. For a different meaning of the word, see V. 238
infra.
2 It is said to be scanty in V. 15 below.
3 It does not seem to be proper to give Neptune as the equivalent of
Bṛhaspati, as is done by S. P. Roy Chaudhuri in Agricultural Practices etc.,
op. cit.
4 But, rainfall is said to be moderate under the sun in V. 13 above.