If there be a snake hole to the south of the Kapittha, there will be a current at a distance of 7 cubits to the north of the hole and at a depth of five men.
In digging, there will be a snake of many colours at the depth of a man; below it there will be black soil; below it there will be a stone blocking up the current; to the west of the stone there will be white soil and below it runs a current northwards.
अश्मन्तकस्य वामे बदरी वा दृश्यते अहिनिलयो वा । षड्भिरुदक्तस्य करैः सार्धे पुरुषत्रये तोयम् । ५४-४३ ॥
If to the north of the Aśmantaka there be seen either the Badarī or a snake hole, then, at the distance of 6 cubits to the south of such tree or hole, there will be a current at the depth of three men and a half.
कूर्मः प्रथमे पुरुषे पाषाणो धूसरः ससिकता मृत् । आदौ च शिरा याम्या पूर्वोत्तरतो द्वितीया च ॥ ५४-४४ ॥
In digging, at the depth of a man. there will be a tortoise; at an equal depth below it there will be a stone covered with dust; below it again, the soil will be a mixture of sand and mud; and below it there will be seen first a current flowing southwards; and to the north of this there will be another current running eastwards.
If to the north of the Haridra there be seen an ant-hill, there will be a current at the distance of 3 cubits to the east of the hill and at a depth of five men, and three-quarters of a man.
If there be a snake hole to the south of the Kapittha, there will be a current at a distance of 7 cubits to the north of the hole and at a depth of five men.
In digging, there will be a snake of many colours at the depth of a man; below it there will be black soil; below it there will be a stone blocking up the current; to the west of the stone there will be white soil and below it runs a current northwards.
अश्मन्तकस्य वामे बदरी वा दृश्यते अहिनिलयो वा । षड्भिरुदक्तस्य करैः सार्धे पुरुषत्रये तोयम् । ५४-४३ ॥
If to the north of the Aśmantaka there be seen either the Badarī or a snake hole, then, at the distance of 6 cubits to the south of such tree or hole, there will be a current at the depth of three men and a half.
कूर्मः प्रथमे पुरुषे पाषाणो धूसरः ससिकता मृत् । आदौ च शिरा याम्या पूर्वोत्तरतो द्वितीया च ॥ ५४-४४ ॥
In digging, at the depth of a man. there will be a tortoise; at an equal depth below it there will be a stone covered with dust; below it again, the soil will be a mixture of sand and mud; and below it there will be seen first a current flowing southwards; and to the north of this there will be another current running eastwards.
If to the north of the Haridra there be seen an ant-hill, there will be a current at the distance of 3 cubits to the east of the hill and at a depth of five men, and three-quarters of a man.