The Brhat Samhita Of Varaha Mihira Varahamihira -

And every year, when the monsoon arrived, the children of Ujjain would recite a verse from his chapter on clouds:

He closed the manuscript.

That night, Varāhamihira climbed the stone steps of the Ujjain observatory. He watched the cirrus clouds, which the Brhat Samhita called ‘tāra-patha’ —the path of stars. They were moving east to west, but high, thin. Then, just before dawn, he felt it: a cold gust from the north-west. the brhat samhita of varaha mihira varahamihira

For the drought, he turned to Chapter 28: The Movements of Living Beings .

“What order?” the King asked, skeptical. And every year, when the monsoon arrived, the

The King, amused, agreed.

The courtiers laughed. One minister, a rival named Vishnugupta, sneered, “First he promises rain. Now he prophesies a flood from a drought. Next he will claim that elephants can talk.” They were moving east to west, but high, thin

“I have my armies,” the King said, gesturing to the parched land beyond the palace windows. “But they cannot fight the sun. You have written your Brhat Samhita —the ‘Great Compendium.’ You claim it holds the science of the cosmos, architecture, rain, and even the behavior of animals. Tell me, Sage: Will it rain?”