Brihat Samhita
रविकिरणजलदमरुतां सङ्घातो दण्डवत्स्थितो दण्डः । स विदिक्स्थितो नृपाणां अशुभो दिक्षु द्विजादीनाम् ॥ ३०-१६ ॥
Daṇḍa is an appearance in the sky of the shape of a rod caused by the wind bringing together clouds and solar rays; if this should appear in the south-east, north-west or north-east, rulers will suffer miseries; if it should appear in the east, south, west or north, the Brāhmaṇas will suffer.
english translation
ravikiraNajaladamarutAM saGghAto daNDavatsthito daNDaH । sa vidiksthito nRpANAM azubho dikSu dvijAdInAm ॥ 30-16 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript