Brihat Samhita
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प्रागुत्तरईशाश्च दिशः प्रशस्ताः प्रष्टुर्न वाय्वम्बुयमाग्निरक्षः । पूर्वाह्नकाले अस्ति शुभं न रात्रौ सन्ध्याद्वये प्रश्नकृतो अपराह्णे ॥ ५१-०६ ॥
The east, north and north-east indicate good luck to the querent; the north-west, west, south-west, south and south-east do not indicate good luck. Forenoon indicates good luck, night, twilight hours and the afternoon do not indicate good luck.
english translation
prAguttaraIzAzca dizaH prazastAH praSTurna vAyvambuyamAgnirakSaH । pUrvAhnakAle asti zubhaM na rAtrau sandhyAdvaye praznakRto aparAhNe ॥ 51-06 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptयात्राविधाने हि शुभाशुभं यत् प्रोक्तं निमित्तं तदिहापि वाच्यम् । दृष्ट्वा पुरो वा जनताहृतं वा प्रष्टुः स्थितं पाणितले अथ वस्त्रे ॥ ५१-०७ ॥
The various good and bad indications described in my work on Yātrā are also applicable here. Judgment on queries shall be pronounced on examining the things before the astrologer, the things that may be brought before him or that the querent may have in his hands or about his clothes.
english translation
yAtrAvidhAne hi zubhAzubhaM yat proktaM nimittaM tadihApi vAcyam । dRSTvA puro vA janatAhRtaM vA praSTuH sthitaM pANitale atha vastre ॥ 51-07 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptअथाङ्गान्यूरूओष्ठस्तनवृषणपादं च दशना भुजौ हस्तौ गण्डौ कचगलनखाङ्गुष्ठं अपि यत् । सशङ्खं कक्षांसं श्रवण गुदसन्धिइति पुरुषे स्त्रियां भ्रूनासास्फिग्वलिकटिसुलेखाअङ्गुलिचयम् ॥ ५१-०८ ॥
Then the limbs, thighs, lips, breasts, testicles, feet, teeth, arms, hands, cheeks, scalp, nails and thumbs are all parts of the body. The conchshell, armpits, ears, rectum and joints of the male are the eyebrows, nose, sphincter, waist and fingers.
english translation
athAGgAnyUrUoSThastanavRSaNapAdaM ca dazanA bhujau hastau gaNDau kacagalanakhAGguSThaM api yat । sazaGkhaM kakSAMsaM zravaNa gudasandhiiti puruSe striyAM bhrUnAsAsphigvalikaTisulekhAaGgulicayam ॥ 51-08 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptजिह्वा ग्रीवा पिण्डिके पार्ष्णियुग्मं जङ्घे नाभिः कर्णपाली कृकाटी । वक्त्रं पृष्ठं जत्रुजानुअस्थिपार्श्वं हृत्तालुअक्षी मेहनौरस्त्रिकं च ॥ ५१-०९ ॥
The tongue is the neck of the lump, the heels are the thighs, the navel is the earlobe, and the lizard is the guardian of the ears. The face, back, jaw, knees, bones, sides, heart, palate, eyes, stomach, navel and thighs are all parts of the body.
english translation
jihvA grIvA piNDike pArSNiyugmaM jaGghe nAbhiH karNapAlI kRkATI । vaktraM pRSThaM jatrujAnuasthipArzvaM hRttAluakSI mehanaurastrikaM ca ॥ 51-09 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptनपुंसकऽख्यं च शिरो ललाटं आश्वाद्यसंज्ञैरपरैश्चिरेण । सिद्धिर्भवेज्जातु नपुंसकैर्नो रूक्षक्षतैर्भग्नकृशैश्च पूर्वैः ॥ ५१-१० ॥
The organs that point to a hermaphrodite are the head and forehead. Face and other parts of the body point to delay in effect. Parts of body that point to a hermaphrodite as well as parts of disagreeable appearance or that may be wounded or broken, do not point to success in undertaking.
english translation
napuMsaka'khyaM ca ziro lalATaM AzvAdyasaMjJairaparaizcireNa । siddhirbhavejjAtu napuMsakairno rUkSakSatairbhagnakRzaizca pUrvaiH ॥ 51-10 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript