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

330 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. XLIII. Sl. 58-60.]
अच्छिन्नरज्जुं दृढकाष्ठमातृकं सुश्लिष्टयन्त्रार्गलपादतोरणम् ।
उत्थापयेल्लक्ष्म सहस्रचक्षुषः सारद्रुमाभग्नकुमारिकान्वितम् ॥५८॥
Slokas 57-58.—The Standard which is bedecked
with umbrellas, flags, mirrors, fruits, crescents, multi-
coloured garlands, plantain trees, sugar canes, figures of
snakes and lions, ornaments, windows and the images of
the protectors of the quarters in their respective regions
should be raised being fastened with strong ropes and
hard wooden props on both sides, along with the minor
standards called ‘ Indra’s daughters ’ made of strong and
unbroken wood: The arch at the bottom must be
fastened with tight nails.
अविरतजनरावं मङ्गलाशीःप्रणामैः
पटुपटहमृदङ्गैः शङ्खभेर्यादिभिश्च ।
श्रुतिविहितवचोभिः पापठद्भिश्च विप्रै-
रशुभविहतशब्दं केतुमुत्थापयेच्च ॥५९॥
Sloka 59.—The King should raise the banner to the
accompaniment of the unceasing shouts of crowds
drowning all inauspicious sounds through the auspicious
benedictions and invocations, the loud sounds of drums,
tabors, conchs, kettle-drums, etc., and through the re-
peated chantings of Vedic hymns by Brahmins.
फलदधिघृतलाजाक्षौद्रपुष्पाग्रहस्तैः
प्रणिपतितशिरोभिस्तुष्टवद्भिश्च पौरैः ।
वृतमनिमिषभर्तुः केतुमीशः प्रजाना-
मरिनगरनताग्रं कारयेद्विद्विष्वधाय ॥६०॥
Sloka 60. - For the destruction of the enemy, the
King should cause the banner to be erected in such a
manner as to point to the city of the enemy with its tip—