Brihat Samhita
ऋज्वी हिता प्रजानां अतिवक्रा अर्घं गतिर्विनाशयति । शस्त्रभयदा च वक्रा विकला भयरोगसंजननी ॥ ७-१६ ॥
When Mercury is in his Ṛjvya course, mankind will be happy; when in his Ativakra course he will destroy wealth; when he is in his Vakra course there will be wars in the land; and when he is in his Vikala course mankind will be afflicted with fear and disease.
english translation
RjvI hitA prajAnAM ativakrA arghaM gatirvinAzayati । zastrabhayadA ca vakrA vikalA bhayarogasaMjananI ॥ 7-16 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript