Brihat Samhita

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प्रविशद्भिः सैन्यऽदीन्सगृध्रकङ्कैर्विनाआमिषं ध्वांक्षैः । अविरुद्धैस्तैः प्रीतिर्द्विषतां युद्धं विरुद्धैश्च ॥ ९५-४६ ॥

sanskrit

If the crow, accompanied by a vulture and a heron, be seen to enter an army without fighting, there will be good luck and if they happen to be at strife, there will be fight between the enemies.

english translation

pravizadbhiH sainya'dInsagRdhrakaGkairvinAAmiSaM dhvAMkSaiH । aviruddhaistaiH prItirdviSatAM yuddhaM viruddhaizca ॥ 95-46 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brihat-samhita/95/47

बन्धः सूकरसंस्थे पङ्काक्ते सूकरे द्विके अर्थऽप्तिः । क्षेमं खरौष्ट्रसंस्थे के चित्प्राहुर्वधं तु खरे ॥ ९५-४७ ॥

sanskrit

If the crow be seen to cry from the back of a pig, there will be imprisonment; if it be seen to cry from the backs of two pigs covered with mire, there will be the gain of wealth; if from the back of an ass or a camel, there will be prosperity. According to some, if the crow be seen to cry from the back of an ass, there will be imprisonment.

english translation

bandhaH sUkarasaMsthe paGkAkte sUkare dvike artha'ptiH । kSemaM kharauSTrasaMsthe ke citprAhurvadhaM tu khare ॥ 95-47 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brihat-samhita/95/48

वाहनलाभो अश्वगते विरुवत्यनुयायिनि क्षतजपातः । अन्ये अप्यनुव्रजन्तो यातारं काकवद्विहगाः ॥ ९५-४८ ॥

sanskrit

If the crow (vāyasa) be seen to cry from the back of a horse, there will be gain of a vehicle; if it be seen to cry following another crow, there will be blood-shed. The same remarks apply to other birds.

english translation

vAhanalAbho azvagate viruvatyanuyAyini kSatajapAtaH । anye apyanuvrajanto yAtAraM kAkavadvihagAH ॥ 95-48 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brihat-samhita/95/49

द्वात्रिंशत्प्रविभक्ते दिग्चक्रे यद्यथा समुद्दिष्टम् । तत्तत्तथा विधेयं गुणदोषफलं यियासूनाम् ॥ ९५-४९ ॥

sanskrit

The crow in the several points of the compass indicates the same effects as those described for other ominous birds.

english translation

dvAtriMzatpravibhakte digcakre yadyathA samuddiSTam । tattattathA vidheyaM guNadoSaphalaM yiyAsUnAm ॥ 95-49 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brihat-samhita/95/50

का इति काकस्य रुतं स्वनिलयसंस्थस्य निष्फलं प्रोक्तम् । कव इति चऽत्मप्रीत्यै कैति रुते स्निग्धमित्रऽप्तिः ॥ ९५-५० ॥

sanskrit

If the crow be heard to cry kā from its nest, the cry signifies nothing; but if it be heard to cry kava there will be hilarity of mind: and if ka be the cry, there will be a meeting with an intimate friend.

english translation

kA iti kAkasya rutaM svanilayasaMsthasya niSphalaM proktam । kava iti ca'tmaprItyai kaiti rute snigdhamitra'ptiH ॥ 95-50 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brihat-samhita/95/46

प्रविशद्भिः सैन्यऽदीन्सगृध्रकङ्कैर्विनाआमिषं ध्वांक्षैः । अविरुद्धैस्तैः प्रीतिर्द्विषतां युद्धं विरुद्धैश्च ॥ ९५-४६ ॥

sanskrit

If the crow, accompanied by a vulture and a heron, be seen to enter an army without fighting, there will be good luck and if they happen to be at strife, there will be fight between the enemies.

english translation

pravizadbhiH sainya'dInsagRdhrakaGkairvinAAmiSaM dhvAMkSaiH । aviruddhaistaiH prItirdviSatAM yuddhaM viruddhaizca ॥ 95-46 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brihat-samhita/95/47

बन्धः सूकरसंस्थे पङ्काक्ते सूकरे द्विके अर्थऽप्तिः । क्षेमं खरौष्ट्रसंस्थे के चित्प्राहुर्वधं तु खरे ॥ ९५-४७ ॥

sanskrit

If the crow be seen to cry from the back of a pig, there will be imprisonment; if it be seen to cry from the backs of two pigs covered with mire, there will be the gain of wealth; if from the back of an ass or a camel, there will be prosperity. According to some, if the crow be seen to cry from the back of an ass, there will be imprisonment.

english translation

bandhaH sUkarasaMsthe paGkAkte sUkare dvike artha'ptiH । kSemaM kharauSTrasaMsthe ke citprAhurvadhaM tu khare ॥ 95-47 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brihat-samhita/95/48

वाहनलाभो अश्वगते विरुवत्यनुयायिनि क्षतजपातः । अन्ये अप्यनुव्रजन्तो यातारं काकवद्विहगाः ॥ ९५-४८ ॥

sanskrit

If the crow (vāyasa) be seen to cry from the back of a horse, there will be gain of a vehicle; if it be seen to cry following another crow, there will be blood-shed. The same remarks apply to other birds.

english translation

vAhanalAbho azvagate viruvatyanuyAyini kSatajapAtaH । anye apyanuvrajanto yAtAraM kAkavadvihagAH ॥ 95-48 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brihat-samhita/95/49

द्वात्रिंशत्प्रविभक्ते दिग्चक्रे यद्यथा समुद्दिष्टम् । तत्तत्तथा विधेयं गुणदोषफलं यियासूनाम् ॥ ९५-४९ ॥

sanskrit

The crow in the several points of the compass indicates the same effects as those described for other ominous birds.

english translation

dvAtriMzatpravibhakte digcakre yadyathA samuddiSTam । tattattathA vidheyaM guNadoSaphalaM yiyAsUnAm ॥ 95-49 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/brihat-samhita/95/50

का इति काकस्य रुतं स्वनिलयसंस्थस्य निष्फलं प्रोक्तम् । कव इति चऽत्मप्रीत्यै कैति रुते स्निग्धमित्रऽप्तिः ॥ ९५-५० ॥

sanskrit

If the crow be heard to cry kā from its nest, the cry signifies nothing; but if it be heard to cry kava there will be hilarity of mind: and if ka be the cry, there will be a meeting with an intimate friend.

english translation

kA iti kAkasya rutaM svanilayasaMsthasya niSphalaM proktam । kava iti ca'tmaprItyai kaiti rute snigdhamitra'ptiH ॥ 95-50 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript