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

Adh. XLIV. Sl. 7-9] चतुश्चत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः 335
Sloka 6.—With the hymns addressed to the Sun
God, Varuna, Visvedevas, Brahman, Indra and Vishnu,
an expiatory ceremony should be gone through for the
horses for a week in the Holy House.
तथा च काश्यपः
पौष्टिकैर्विविधैर्मन्त्रैः पुरोधा ज्वलनं हुतेत् ।
हुताग्ने भोजयेद्विप्रान् दक्षिणां विपुलां ददेत् ॥
अभ्यर्चिता न परुषं वक्तव्या नापि ताडनीयास्ते ।
पुण्याहशङ्खतूर्यध्वनिगीतरवैर्विमुक्तभयाः ॥७॥
Sloka 7.—The horses that are worshipped thus
ought not to be spoken to harshly or beaten. Their
fears must be dispelled through the sounds of Punyaha
hymns, conchs, musical instruments and songs.
प्राप्तेऽष्टमेऽह्नि कुर्यादुदङ्मुखं तोरणस्य दक्षिणतः ।
कुशचीरावृतमाश्रममग्निं पुरतोऽस्य वेद्यां च ॥८॥
Sloka 8.—When the 8th day has dawned, a her-
mitage strewn with holy grass and tree barks should be
constructed to the south of the arch and facing the
north. In front of this hermitage, fire should be made
on a sacrificial altar.
The commentator quotes here authorities for the construction
of altars. For a sacrificial altar, the dimensions required
are 64 cubits, for the marriage of the four classes in their order,
9 cubits, that diminished by an eighth and so on.
तथा च काश्यपः
अष्टमेऽह्नि पुरस्कृत्य राजा पौरजनैर्वृतः ।
गच्छेच्छान्तिगृहं हृष्टः शङ्खतूर्यरवैः सह ॥
चन्दनकुष्ठसमङ्गाहरितालमनःशिलाप्रियङ्गुवचाः ।
दन्त्यमृताञ्जनरजनीसुवर्णपुष्पाग्निमन्थाश्च ॥९॥