Brihat Samhita

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वर्षाकाले वृष्टिं करोति सद्यः शिरीषपुष्पऽभः । शिखिपत्रनिभः सलिलं न करोति द्वादशाब्दानि ॥ ३-२८ ॥

sanskrit

If in Varṣā the colour of the sun be that of the flower Śirīṣa (Mimosa flexuosa) there will be immediate rain; if the colour be that of the peacock’s plume there will be no rain for twelve years to come.

english translation

varSAkAle vRSTiM karoti sadyaH zirISapuSpa'bhaH । zikhipatranibhaH salilaM na karoti dvAdazAbdAni ॥ 3-28 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brihat-samhita/3/28

वर्षाकाले वृष्टिं करोति सद्यः शिरीषपुष्पऽभः । शिखिपत्रनिभः सलिलं न करोति द्वादशाब्दानि ॥ ३-२८ ॥

sanskrit

If in Varṣā the colour of the sun be that of the flower Śirīṣa (Mimosa flexuosa) there will be immediate rain; if the colour be that of the peacock’s plume there will be no rain for twelve years to come.

english translation

varSAkAle vRSTiM karoti sadyaH zirISapuSpa'bhaH । zikhipatranibhaH salilaM na karoti dvAdazAbdAni ॥ 3-28 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript