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

796 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. CV. Sl. 7-9 It is much better if it (the day) also happens to be Monday. The above worship itself is called Rupa-Satra (formal sacrifice). Cf. गर्गः— अष्टम्यां मधुमासस्य कृष्णपक्षे तु नैरृते । नक्षत्रे चन्द्रवारे तु मुहूर्ते तु गुणान्विते ॥ प्रारम्भेद्रूपसत्राख्यं व्रतं धर्मात्मकः पुमान् । येन पूर्णेन मनुजो रूपशोभामवाप्नुयात् ॥ दद्याद्व्रते समाप्ते घृतपूर्णं भाजनं सुवर्णयुतम् । विप्राय कालविदुषे सरत्नवस्त्रं स्वशक्त्या च ॥७॥ Sloka 7.—When the above observance is over, the person should make a gift of a vessel filled with clarified butter, along with gold, gems and cloths according to his capacity to a Brahmin who is an expert astrologer अन्नैः क्षीरघृतोत्कटैः सहगुडैर्विप्रान् समभ्यर्चयेद् दद्यात्तेषु सुवर्णवस्त्ररजतं लावण्यमिच्छन्नरः । मूलर्क्षात्प्रभृति क्रमादुपवसन्नक्षत्रनामस्वपि कुर्यात् केशवपूजनं स्वविधिना धिष्ण्यस्य पूजां तथा ॥८॥ Sloka 8.—A person who wishes for beautiful features shall worship and feed Brahmins with food abounding in milk and ghee, mixed with jaggery ; he should also pre- sent them with gold, cloths, and silver. Then he should fast regularly on the days when the Moon passes through the several asterisms beginning with Mula and represent- ing the various limbs of the नक्षत्रपुरुष, and also worship in accordance with Vedic rules both Lord Hari and the नक्षत्रपुरुष. प्रलम्बबाहुः पृथुपीनवक्षाः क्षपाकरास्यः सितचारुदन्तः । गजेन्द्रगामी कमलायताक्षः स्त्रीचित्तहारी स्मरतुल्यमूर्तिः ॥९॥ Sloka 9.—One who has performed the above wor- ship will have (in the next birth) long arms (touching the