बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

100 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. VIII. Sl. 34-37 आद्यं द्वितीयं च शुभे तु वर्षे कृतानुकारं कुरुतः प्रजानाम् । पापः प्रमाथी वृषविक्रमौ तु सुभिक्षदौ रोगभयप्रदौ च ॥३४॥ Slokas 33-34.—In the third lustrum presided over by Indra, the years are Easwara, Bahudhanya, Pramatthin, Vikrama and Vrisha caused the transit of Jupiter. The first two years will be auspicious and will bestow the fruits of the golden age on the people. The third will be wholly inauspicious and the last two will give plenty of food-grains and risk from diseases. श्रेष्ठं चतुर्थस्य युगस्य पूर्वं यच्चित्रभानुं कथयन्ति वर्षम् । मध्यं द्वितीयं तु सुभानुसंज्ञं रोगप्रदं मृत्युकरं न तच्च ॥३५॥ तारणं तदनु भूरिवारिदं सस्यवृद्धिमूदितं च पार्थिवम् । पञ्चमं व्ययमुशन्ति शोभनं मन्मथप्रबलमुत्सवाकुलम् ॥३६॥ Slokas 35-36.—In the fourth lustrum, the first year, viz., Chitrabhanu is declared to be the best, the second, named Subhanu is medium in result ; it brings on sickness without mortality. The next year known as Tharana gives copious rain. The year Parthiva is dec- lared to yield luxuriant crops.) The fifth year, namely Vyaya, will prove auspicious. Love reigns supreme and festivities will be the order of the day. The commentator Bhattotpala adopts the reading नतं च instead of न तच्च in Sloka 35, and interprets नत to be the name of the third year instead of Tharana. In the next sloka, he adopts Tharana as the fourth omitting Parthiva. Accordingly he adopts the reading मुंदितातिपार्थिवम्. This is not convincing as it is against our tradition. त्वाष्ट्रे युगे सर्वजिदाद्य उक्तः संवत्सरोऽन्यः खलु सर्वधारी । तस्माद्विरोधी विकृतः खरश्च शस्तो द्वितीयोऽत्र भयाय शेषाः ॥३७॥ Sloka 37.—In the fifth lustrum presided over by त्वष्टा- Thwashta, Sarvajit is the first year. The next is