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

390 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XLVIII. Sl. 50-54 in a chorus the Punyaha hymn and the Vedas; and all evils warded off through the auspicious sounds of tabors, conchs and other musical instruments. अहतक्षौमनिवसनं पुरोहितः कम्बलेन सञ्छाद्य । कृतबलिपूजं कलशैरभिषिञ्चेत् सर्पिषा पूर्णैः ॥५०॥ Sloka 50.—Then the preceptor should anoint the King who is clad in fresh (unwashed) silken garments, and who has offered oblations and worship to the deities, with ghee contained in pots after covering him with a blanket. अष्टावष्टाविंशतिरष्टशतं वापि कलशपरिमाणम् । अधिकेऽधिके गुणोत्तरमयं च मन्त्रोऽत्र मुनिगीतः ॥५१॥ Sloka 51.—The number of holy pots to be used is eight or twenty eight or a hundred and eight. The greater the number of pots consecrated, the greater will be the efficacy. The following is the hymn composed by the Senior Garga for the anointing ceremony. आज्यं तेजः समुद्दिष्टमाज्यं पापहरं परम् । आज्यं सुराणामाहार आज्ये लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥५२॥ भौमान्तरिक्षं दिव्यं वा यत्ते कल्मषमागतम् । सर्वं तदाज्यसंस्पर्शात् प्रणाशमुपगच्छतु ॥५३॥ Slokas 52-53.—Consecrated ghee has been men- tioned as power (splendour); it is the best dispeller of sins; it is the food of the Gods; on it are established all the worlds. Whatever sin - terrestrial, atmospheric or celestial—has befallen you, may all that melt away by your contact with this sanctified ghee." कम्बलमपनीय ततः पुण्यस्नानाम्बुभिः सफलपुष्पैः । अभिषिञ्चेन्मनुजेन्द्रं पुरोहितोऽनेन मन्त्रेण ॥५४॥