I have stated the effects of a number of stellar, atmospheric and terrestrial phenomena, and of the motions, conjunctions, courses and the like of the planets to some extent.
An attempt at recapitulation of the above will be deemed a fault in Varāha-Mihira, who is so well-known for his brevity in composition. It is no doubt improper to restate what has been once stated, but Jyotiṣakas will not deem it a fault on the present occasion. For it is a well-known fact that every work on Saṃhitā must have a chapter of this nature, technically known as Mayūra Citraka.
स्वरूपं एव तस्य तत्प्रकीर्तितानुकीर्तनम् । ब्रवीम्यहं न चेदिदं तथा अपि मे अत्र वाच्यता ॥ ४७-०३ ॥
Mayūra Citraka is a repetition of what has been once said. If I should omit this Chapter, even then, I should be open to the fault of an omission of what ought to find a place in a work on Saṃhitā.
If the five planets should be of brilliant appearance and should pass through the northern path, there would be prosperity and plenty in the land; if they should be of dim appearance and pass through the southern path, there would be famine and deaths in the land and mankind would suffer from robbers.
कोष्ठागारगते भृगुपुत्रे पुष्यस्थे च गिरां प्रभविष्णौ । निर्वैराः क्षितिपाः सुखभाजः संहृष्टाश्च जना गतरोगाः ॥ ४७-०५ ॥
If Venus should pass through the asterism of Maghā while Jupiter passes through that of Puṣya, rulers would cease to be hostile to one another and would become happy, and the people would be freed from diseases and would become happy too.