Brihat Samhita
जलकेतुरपि च पश्चात्स्निग्धः शिखयापरेण चौन्नतया । नव मासान्स सुभिक्षं करोति शान्तिं च लोकस्य ॥ ११-४६ ॥
Jala Ketu is a comet which appears in the west with a raised tail; it is glossy, when it appears there will be prosperity in the land for 9 months, and the world will be freed from all miseries.
english translation
jalaketurapi ca pazcAtsnigdhaH zikhayApareNa caunnatayA । nava mAsAnsa subhikSaM karoti zAntiM ca lokasya ॥ 11-46 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript