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

150 बृहतसंहितायाम् [Adh. XII. Sl. 8-10 उदये च मुनेरगस्त्यनाम्नः कुसमायोगमलप्रदूषितानि । हृदयानि सतामिव स्वभावात् पुनरम्बूनि भवन्ति निर्मलानि ॥८॥ Sloka 8.—At the appearance of Sage Agasthya, the waters that are soiled (in the monsoon) • by their contact with mud become clear once again spontaneously, just as the minds that are defiled by the contact with the wicked become purified automatically at the sight of the virtuous. Cf. Raghuvamsa IV-21. प्रसादोदयादम्भः कुम्भयोनेर्महौजसः ॥ पार्श्वद्वयाधिष्ठितचक्रवाकामापुष्णती सस्वनहंसपङ्क्तिम् । ताम्बूलरक्तोत्कषिताग्रदन्ती विभाति योषेव शरत्सहासा ॥९॥ Sloka 9.—The autumn nurturing a row of cackling swans flanked on both sides by ruddy geese, shines like a smiling damsel whose front teeth are tinged red by betel leaves. It is a well known fact that Agasthya appears in the autumn making it very resplendent with bright moon-light, clear water, beautiful lotuses, charming rows of swans returning from the मानस- Manasa lake and good roads. सरित्सहासा is another reading. इन्दीवरासन्नसितोत्पलान्विता सरिद्भ्रमत्षट्पदपङ्क्तिभूषिता । सभ्रूलताक्षेपकटाक्षवीक्षणा विदग्धयोषेव विभाति सस्मरा ॥१०॥ Sloka 10.—The autumn which is endowed with white lotuses by the side of blue lilies and which is adorned with rows of hovering bees, appears as charming as a dexterous damsel in love with side-long glances coupled with knitted brows.