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

148 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XII. Sl. 7 धारयद्भिर्मृगेन्द्रैः सनाथीकृतान्तर्द्दारीनिर्झरम् । गगनतलमिवोलिखन्तं प्रवृद्धैर्गजाकृष्टफुल्लद्रुम- त्रासविभ्रान्तमत्ताद्विरेफावली हृष्टमन्द्रखनैः शैलकूटैस्तरक्षरक्षशार्दूलशाखामृगाध्यासितैः रहसि मदनसक्तया रेवया कान्तयेत्रोपगूढं सुराध्या- सितोद्यानमम्भोननानन्नमूलानिलाहारविप्रान्वितं विन्ध्यमस्तम्भयद्यश्च तस्योदयः श्रूयताम् ॥७॥ Slokas 2—7.—Listen ! ye, now, to the description of the appearance of the Sage, who, in days of yore, sud- denly heightened the splendour of the ocean by the dry- ing up of its waters through the mountains situated in the interior whose summits were scooped out by the claws of crocodiles and which had streams of water in the form of choice gems and jewels falling upon them along with pearls, putting to shame as it were the Gods having a limited number of gems on their diadems, He, by whom the ocean though deprived of its watery contents, was made more beautiful by means of the mountains shorn of their trees and decked with gems, jewels and corals and through the serpents that emerged from them in long rows, He by whom the great ocean though brought to grief being drained off, was raised to divine glory since it displayed glittering whales, water-elephants and serpents, also heaps of gems scattered about, The Commentator interprets the first two compounds as applying to Devaloka also. Though the water is taken away, the ocean filled with floundering whales, pearl-oysters and conch-shells,