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

398 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XLVIII. Sl. 82-85. and order a general amnesty to prisoners except those that threaten the internal peace of the country. एतत्प्रयुज्यमानं प्रतिपुष्यं सुखयशोऽर्थवृद्धिकरम् । पुष्याद्दिनाधंफलदा पौषी शान्तिः परा प्रोक्ता ॥८२॥ Sloka 82.—Should the King perform this ceremony every time the Moon is in Pushya, he would get increased happiness, fame and wealth. If it be performed at any other time, it would yield only half the benefits men- tioned. For, the expiatory ceremony done during the Full Moon in the month of Pushya is declared to be the foremost. राष्ट्रोत्पातोपसर्गेषु राहोः केतोश्च दर्शने । ग्रहावमर्दने चैव पुष्यस्नानं समाचरेत् ॥८३॥ Sloka 83.—The royal ablution should be performed when a kingdom is afflicted with portents and disasters (like epidemics), when there is an eclipse, when Ketu is sighted and when there is a planetary war. नास्ति लोके स उत्पातो यो ह्यनेन न शाम्यति । मङ्गल चापर नास्ति यदस्मादतिरिच्यते ॥८४॥ Sloka 84.—There is no portent in the world that is not remedied by this ; and there is no auspicious rite that surpasses this ceremony. तथा च गर्गः । प्रतिपुष्येण यो राजा स्नायीत विधिपूर्वकम् । तस्य राष्ट्रे न सीदन्ति मर्त्या ये जन्तवो भुवि ॥ अधिराज्यार्थिनो राज्ञः पुत्रजन्म च काङ्क्षतः । तत्पूर्वमभिषेके च विधिरेश प्रशस्यते ॥८५॥ Sloka 85.—This ceremony is highly commendable at a king's coronation, when he aspires for the sove- reignty over an empire and longs for the birth of a son.