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

Adh. XLIII. Sl. 6-8.] त्रिचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः 317
unknown. The Lord, being pleased with their invocations,
vouchsafed to them a banner which would prove as the
Moon and the Sun respectively to the lotus-like faces of
the demonesses and the Goddesses.
तं विष्णुतेजोद्भवमष्टचक्रे रथे स्थितं भास्वति रत्नचित्रे ।
देदीप्यमानं शरदीव सूर्यं ध्वजं समासाद्य मुमोद शक्रः ॥६॥
Sloka 6.—Indra was highly pleased on receiving the
Banner, which was born of Vishnu's power, mounted on
a dazzling and gem-bedecked carriage of 8 wheels, and
shining verily like the Sun in autumn.
स किङ्किणीजालपरिष्कृतेन स्रक्छत्रघण्टापिटकान्वितेन ।
समुच्छ्रितेनामरराङ्ङ्ध्वजेन निन्ये विनाशं समरेऽरिसैन्यम् ॥७॥
Sloka 7.—The Lord of Gods, viz., Indra, put the
host of enemies to death in battle with the aid of the
Banner, which was erected aloft, bedecked with groups of
small bells, and which bore wreaths, umbrellas, bells and
ornaments.
तथा च गर्गः ।
असुरास्तं ध्वजं दृष्ट्वा ध्वजतेजःसमाहताः ।
विसञ्ज्ञास्समरे भग्नाः पराभूता प्रदुद्रुवुः ॥
तान्वज्रेण सहस्राक्षो मासे भाद्रपदेऽसुरान् ।
घातयित्वा सज्येष्ठायामेकरात्रेण वाजिना ॥
स जित्वा श्रवणे स्वर्गं प्रापौ सद्दिजः पथि । इति
उपरिचरस्यामरपो वसोर्ददौ चेदिपस्य वेणुमयीम् ।
यष्टिं तां स नरेन्द्रो विधिवत् सम्पूजयामास ॥८॥
Sloka 8.—Once Indra gave a bamboo flagstaff to
the King of Chedi, known as Uparichara Vasu—who
could travel in the sky. The king worshipped that, in
due form.
See Mahabharata, Adiparva-64-Sl. 16-17, (Pandit Krishna-
chrya's Edition).