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

328 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XLIII. Sl. 50-53.
One of the Sun-Gods, by name Twashta, gave a lustrous
ornament, looking like the wheel of a chariot, as the
tenth. The Viswedevas gave the eleventh ornament
called Udvamsa, resembling a lotus. The sages bestowed
the twelfth gift named Nivesa bearing the lustre of blue
lily. Jupiter and Venus adorned the head of the Banner
with the thirteenth ornament slightly bent at the two
ends (or endowed with short bottom and top), broad at
the upper end and shining like molten red lac. What-
ever ornaments were created by the Gods severally for
the sake of the Banner, are to be understood by the
wise as being presided over by the respective deities.
ध्वजपरिमाणत्र्यंशः परिधिः प्रथमस्य भवति पिटकस्य ।
परतः प्रथमात् प्रथमादष्टांशाष्टांशहीनानि ॥५०॥
Sloka 50.—The first ornament has a circumference
which is a third of that of the Banner itself ; and each
succeeding one should be smaller than the preceding one
by an eighth.
कुर्यादहनि चतुर्थे पूरणमिन्द्रध्वजस्य शास्त्रज्ञः ।
मनुना चागमगीतान् मन्त्रानेतान् पठेन्नियतः ॥५१॥
Sloka 51.—One in the know of the science germane
to Indra’s Banner should equip it with ornaments on the
fourth day thereafter, i. e., on the 15th lunar day and
recite devoutly the following hymns sung by Manu
according to the Sastras.
हरार्कवैवस्वतशक्रसोमैर्धनेशवैश्वानरपाशभृद्भिः ।
महर्षिसङ्घैः सदिगप्सरोभिः शुक्राङ्गिरःस्कन्दमरुद्गणैश्च ॥५२॥
यथा त्वमूर्जस्करणैकरूपैः समर्चितस्त्व्वाभरणैरुदारैः ।