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

॥ श्री गणेशाय नमः ॥ ॥ बृहत्संहिता ॥ BRIHAT SAMHITA उपनयनाध्यायः ॥१॥ Introductory. जयति जगतः प्रसूतिर्विश्वात्मा सहजभूषणं नभसः । द्रुतकनकसदृशदशशतमयूखमालार्चितः सविता ॥१॥ Sloka 1.—The Sun who is the procreator of the Universe, who is the supreme being (soul of the Universe), who is the natural ornament of the sky and who is adorned with rows of thousands of rays that resemble molten gold, is flourishing supreme. प्रथममुनिकथितमवितथमवलोक्य ग्रन्थविस्तरस्यार्थम् । नातिलघुविपुलरचनाभिरुद्यतः स्पष्टमभिधातुम् ॥२॥ Sloka 2.—Being convinced of the correctness and truth of the voluminous science expounded by Brahma (the first sage), I now begin to write this scientific work explaining clearly its ideas in a way which is neither too brief, nor too copious. मुनिविरचितमिदमिति यच्चिरन्तनं साधु न मनुजग्रथितम् । तुल्येऽर्थेऽक्षरभेदादमन्त्रके का विशेषोक्तिः ॥३॥ Sloka 3.—Simply because this ancient work was composed by a sage, it should be good, while that written by an ordinary man of the present day could not be so. When the sense conveyed in both the cases is the same, while the words used alone are different, why should