Brihat Samhita

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दर्पण इवएकदेशे सबाष्प निःश्वासमारुतौपहतः । दृश्येतऽघ्रातं तत्सुवृष्टिवृद्ध्यावहं जगतः ॥ ५-५० ॥

sanskrit

If a small portion of the disc should be so slightly eclipsed as to resemble a mirror covered with the vapour of hot breath, the eclipse is known as Āghrāta (smelling): there will be good rain in the land.

english translation

darpaNa ivaekadeze sabASpa niHzvAsamArutaupahataH । dRzyeta'ghrAtaM tatsuvRSTivRddhyAvahaM jagataH ॥ 5-50 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brihat-samhita/5/50

दर्पण इवएकदेशे सबाष्प निःश्वासमारुतौपहतः । दृश्येतऽघ्रातं तत्सुवृष्टिवृद्ध्यावहं जगतः ॥ ५-५० ॥

sanskrit

If a small portion of the disc should be so slightly eclipsed as to resemble a mirror covered with the vapour of hot breath, the eclipse is known as Āghrāta (smelling): there will be good rain in the land.

english translation

darpaNa ivaekadeze sabASpa niHzvAsamArutaupahataH । dRzyeta'ghrAtaM tatsuvRSTivRddhyAvahaM jagataH ॥ 5-50 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript