Or till the pit with water and walk 100 feet from it. If, on returning, the water be found not to have fallen, there will be an increase of wealth; or if the quantity be an āḍhaka of 64 phalas, there will be an increase of wealth.
Or place an unborn earthen vessel in the pit; and in it burn a wick. The ground will be fit for the use of that class of men in whose direction the flame is seen to be inclined.
श्वभ्रोषितं न कुसुमं यस्य प्रम्लायते अनुवर्णसमम् । तत्तस्य भवति शुभदं यस्य च यस्मिन्मनो रमते ॥ ५३-९३ ॥
The ground will also be fít for the use of that class of men the flower of whose appropriate colour is found neither to fade nor lose its hue when thrown in a pit in the ground. Generally a ground is fit to live in, if a person has a special liking for it.
If the ground be white, red, yellow or black, or if it be found to smell like ghee, blood, cooked rice or liquor, the Brāhmaṇas, the Kṣatriyas, the Vaiśyas or the Śūdras will respectively prosper.
If the ground be over-grown with Kuśa grass, Sara or wild reeds, the Dūrvā grass, or reeds, or if its flavour be found to be sweet, astringent, sour or pungent, the Brāhmaṇas, the Kṣatriyas, the Vaiśyas or the Śūdras will respectively prosper.
Or till the pit with water and walk 100 feet from it. If, on returning, the water be found not to have fallen, there will be an increase of wealth; or if the quantity be an āḍhaka of 64 phalas, there will be an increase of wealth.
Or place an unborn earthen vessel in the pit; and in it burn a wick. The ground will be fit for the use of that class of men in whose direction the flame is seen to be inclined.
श्वभ्रोषितं न कुसुमं यस्य प्रम्लायते अनुवर्णसमम् । तत्तस्य भवति शुभदं यस्य च यस्मिन्मनो रमते ॥ ५३-९३ ॥
The ground will also be fít for the use of that class of men the flower of whose appropriate colour is found neither to fade nor lose its hue when thrown in a pit in the ground. Generally a ground is fit to live in, if a person has a special liking for it.
If the ground be white, red, yellow or black, or if it be found to smell like ghee, blood, cooked rice or liquor, the Brāhmaṇas, the Kṣatriyas, the Vaiśyas or the Śūdras will respectively prosper.
If the ground be over-grown with Kuśa grass, Sara or wild reeds, the Dūrvā grass, or reeds, or if its flavour be found to be sweet, astringent, sour or pungent, the Brāhmaṇas, the Kṣatriyas, the Vaiśyas or the Śūdras will respectively prosper.