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

338 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XLIV. Sl. 17-21. यद्यानींतस्तिष्ठेद्विक्षिणचरणं हयः समुत्क्षिप्य । स जयति तदा नरेन्द्रः शत्रूनचिराद्विना यत्नात् ॥१७॥ त्रस्यन्नेष्टो राज्ञः परिशेषं चेष्टितं द्विपहयानाम् । यात्रायां व्याख्यातं तदिह विचिन्त्यं यथायुक्ति ॥१८॥ Slokas 17-18.—If the horse or elephant brought into the Holy House should stand with its right leg uplifted, then the King would soon vanquish his foes without difficulty ; if it stands frightened, it augurs ill to the King. The activities of elephants and horses betoken- ing good and bad results, which have been dealt with at length in the Yatra, should be applied to lustration also according to the circumstances. . Vide XCIII-5. 13. 14; XCIV-11, 12 and 13, supra. पिण्डमभिमन्त्र्य दद्यात्पुरोहितो वाजिने स यदि जिघ्रेत् । अश्नीयाद्वा जयकृद्विपरीतोऽतोऽन्यथाभिहितः ॥१९॥ Sloka 19.—The priest should give the horse a rice ball duly sanctified with holy bymns ; if it should smell or eat it, the King would come out victorious ; and in the contrary circumstance, it would lead to the King's defeat. कलशोदकेषु शाखाम।प्लाव्यौदुम्बरीं स्पृशेत्तुरगान् । शान्तिकपौष्टिकमन्त्रैरेवं सेनां सनृपनागाम् ॥२०॥ Sloka 20.—The priest should dip a branch of the Indian Fig tree in the holy waters of the pots and touch therewith the horses along with hymns expiatory and propitiatory. The same thing should be done for the army, the King and the elephants. शान्तिं राष्ट्रविवृद्ध्यै कृत्वा भूयोऽभिचारकैर्मन्त्रैः । मृण्मयमरिं विभिन्द्याच्छूलेनोरःस्थले विप्रः ॥२१॥