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

328 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XLIII. Sl. 50-53. One of the Sun-Gods, by name Twashta, gave a lustrous ornament, looking like the wheel of a chariot, as the tenth. The Viswedevas gave the eleventh ornament called Udvamsa, resembling a lotus. The sages bestowed the twelfth gift named Nivesa bearing the lustre of blue lily. Jupiter and Venus adorned the head of the Banner with the thirteenth ornament slightly bent at the two ends (or endowed with short bottom and top), broad at the upper end and shining like molten red lac. What- ever ornaments were created by the Gods severally for the sake of the Banner, are to be understood by the wise as being presided over by the respective deities. ध्वजपरिमाणत्र्यंशः परिधिः प्रथमस्य भवति पिटकस्य । परतः प्रथमात् प्रथमादष्टांशाष्टांशहीनानि ॥५०॥ Sloka 50.—The first ornament has a circumference which is a third of that of the Banner itself ; and each succeeding one should be smaller than the preceding one by an eighth. कुर्यादहनि चतुर्थे पूरणमिन्द्रध्वजस्य शास्त्रज्ञः । मनुना चागमगीतान् मन्त्रानेतान् पठेन्नियतः ॥५१॥ Sloka 51.—One in the know of the science germane to Indra’s Banner should equip it with ornaments on the fourth day thereafter, i. e., on the 15th lunar day and recite devoutly the following hymns sung by Manu according to the Sastras. हरार्कवैवस्वतशक्रसोमैर्धनेशवैश्वानरपाशभृद्भिः । महर्षिसङ्घैः सदिगप्सरोभिः शुक्राङ्गिरःस्कन्दमरुद्गणैश्च ॥५२॥ यथा त्वमूर्जस्करणैकरूपैः समर्चितस्त्व्वाभरणैरुदारैः ।