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

516 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LVIII. Sl. '55-57. quadrilateral part must be kept in a pit in the earth, the middle one, in that of the pedestal ; and the pedestal around the pit must be equal in extent to the visible height. कृशदीर्घे देशघ्नं पार्श्वविहीनं पुरस्य नाशाय । यस्य क्षतं भवेन्मस्तके विनाशाय तल्लिङ्गम् ॥५५॥ Sloka 55.—An emblem being too thin and long destroys the country ; being devoid of a side, ruins the town ; and one with a wound on the head, tends to the ruin of the owner himself. मातृगणः कर्तव्यः स्वनामदेवानुरूपकृतचिह्नः । रेवन्तोऽश्वारूढो मृगयाक्रीडादिपरिवारः ॥५६॥ Sloka 56. — The group of mothers should be repre- sented with the characteristics peculiar to the Gods whose name they bear. Revanta (Sun's son) should be seated on horse-back, with the companious of hunting, sport, etc. The mothers must have charming breasts, slender waist, large buttocks, so as to make them appear attractive. दण्डी यमो महिषगो हंसारूढश्च पाशभृद्वरुणः । नरवाहनः कुबेरो वामकिरीटी बृहत्कुक्षिः ॥५७॥ Sloka 57.---The God of death should be mounted on a buffalo with a club in his hand ; Varuna, on a swan with a noose in his hand ; and Kubera, on a human be- ing, with a pot-belly and a crown placed on the left side of the head. तथा च काश्यपः । एकदंष्ट्रो गजमुखश्चतुर्बाहुर्विनायकः । लम्बोदरः स्थूलदेहो नेत्रत्रयविभूषितः ॥ नवकुवलयकान्तिमक्षमालां कमलकमण्डलुदर्पणाङ्कहस्ताम् । प्रणतप्रवरपीनपीठप्रक्षालनसुस्थितां परमेश्वरीं वितस्ताम् ॥