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

Adh. XLIII. Sl. 22-24.] त्रिचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः 321
Sloka 21:—The tree must be chopped at the top to
the extent of four inches, and at the bottom, of eight
inches, and then the trunk must be put into water. After
taking it out, it must be taken to the town-gate through
cart or by men.
अरभङ्गे बलभेदो नेम्या नाशो बलस्य विज्ञेयः ।
अर्थक्षयोऽक्षभङ्गे तथाणिभङ्गे च वर्द्धकिनः ॥२२॥
Sloka 22.—If the spoke of the cart-wheel give way
when the tree-trunk is being carried, the king's army will
be shattered; if the rim breaks, the army will be des-
troyed; if it is the axle, the king will lose his wealth; and
if the axle-pins give way, the carpenter will come to
grief.
भाद्रपदशुक्लपक्षस्याष्टम्यां नागरैर्वृतो राजा ।
दैवज्ञसचिवकञ्चुकिविप्रप्रमुखैः सुवेषधरैः ॥२३॥
अहताम्बरसंवृतां यष्टिं पौरन्दरीं पुरं पौरैः ।
स्रग्गन्धधूपयुक्तां प्रवेशयेच्छङ्खतूर्यरवैः ॥२४॥
Slokas 23-24.—On the eighth day of the bright half
of the month of Bhadrapada, the King in the company of
the citizens, the royal astrologer, ministers, chamberlains
and prominent Brahmins, all dressed in auspicious gar-
ments should cause the Standard of Indra, covered with
a new cloth and honoured with wreaths, perfumes and
incense, to be ushered into the town by the citizens to
the accompaniment of the sounds of conchs and musical
instruments.
तथा च गर्गः ।
प्रौष्ठपदे सिताष्टम्यां ज्येष्ठायोगे स्वलङ्कृताम् ।
यष्टिं पौरन्दरीं राजा नगरं संप्रवेशयेत् ॥
बृ. सं. 41