Brihat Samhita
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ये येषां द्रव्याणां अधिपतयो राशयः समुद्दिष्टाः । मुनिभिः शुभाशुभार्थं तानागमतः प्रवक्ष्यामि ॥ ४१-०१ ॥
I shall now proceed to state the Zodiacal division of commodities (dravya) adopting the views of the sages of the past with a view to enable men to know before-hand what articles can be had in abundace and what will become rare.
english translation
ye yeSAM dravyANAM adhipatayo rAzayaH samuddiSTAH । munibhiH zubhAzubhArthaM tAnAgamataH pravakSyAmi ॥ 41-01 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptवस्त्रऽविककुतुपानां मसूरगोधूमरालकयवानाम् । स्थलसम्भवओषधीनां कनकस्य च कीर्तितो मेषः ॥ ४१-०२ ॥
Sign Meṣa (Aries) represents cotton and woollen fabric, clothes made of goat’s hair, beans, wheat, resin, barley, dry crops in general and gold.
english translation
vastra'vikakutupAnAM masUragodhUmarAlakayavAnAm । sthalasambhavaoSadhInAM kanakasya ca kIrtito meSaH ॥ 41-02 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptगवि वस्त्रकुसुमगोधूमशालियवमहिषसुरभितनयाः स्युः । मिथुने अपि धान्यशारदवल्लीशालूककार्पासाः ॥ ४१-०३ ॥
Sign Vṛṣabha (Taurus) represents clothes in general, flowers, wheat, rice, barley, buffalo and cows; and sign Mithuna (Gemini) represents the autumnal crops, creepers, the root of the lily and cotton.
english translation
gavi vastrakusumagodhUmazAliyavamahiSasurabhitanayAH syuH । mithune api dhAnyazAradavallIzAlUkakArpAsAH ॥ 41-03 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptकर्किणि कोद्रवकदलीदूर्वाफलकन्दपत्रचोचानि । सिंहे तुषधान्यरसाः सिंहऽदीनां त्वचः सगुडाः ॥ ४१-०४ ॥
Sign Karka (Cancer) represents Kodrava, plantains, bent grass, fruits, roots, leaves and bark; and sign Siṃha (Leo) represents food grains, juice, the skin of the lion and the like animals and jaggery.
english translation
karkiNi kodravakadalIdUrvAphalakandapatracocAni । siMhe tuSadhAnyarasAH siMha'dInAM tvacaH saguDAH ॥ 41-04 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptषष्ठे अतसीकलायाः कुलत्थगोधूममुद्गनिष्पावाः । सप्तमराशौ माषा यवगोधूमाः ससर्षपाश्चएव ॥ ४१-०५ ॥
Sign Kanyā (Virgo) represents common flax, barley, horse gram, wheat, kidney-beans and Niṣpāva (a kind of leguminous plant); and sign Tulā (Libra) represents black gram, barlay, wheat and mustard seed.
english translation
SaSThe atasIkalAyAH kulatthagodhUmamudganiSpAvAH । saptamarAzau mASA yavagodhUmAH sasarSapAzcaeva ॥ 41-05 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript