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

340 बृहत्संहितायाम् [XLIV. 27-28. XLV. 1
of numerous gems, creates the lustre of a rain-bow.
The King is accompanied by horses springing up to the
sky, as it were, by elephants tearing up as it were the
earth and by warriors who have defeated their enemies
just as Indra is attended upon by the Gods who have
defeated their foes.
सवज्रमुक्ताफलभूषणोऽथवा सितस्रगुष्णीषविलेपनाम्बरः ।
धृतातपत्रो गजपृष्ठमाश्रितो घनोपरीवेन्दुतले भृगोः सुतः ॥२७॥
Sloka 27.—Or, he should proceed being adorned
with diamonds and pearls, having garlands, head-dress,
ointment and clothes, all white, an umbrella held over his
head, and mounting an elephant, just as Venus does on
a cloud having the Moon above him.
सम्प्रहृष्टनरवाजिकुञ्जरं निर्मलप्रहरणंशुभासुरम् ।
निर्विकारमरिपक्षभीषणं यस्य सैन्यमचिरात्स गां जयेत् ॥२८॥
Sloka 28.—One whose army consists of soldiers,
horses and elephants in a jolly mood, who shines with
the lustre of glittering weapons, is free from all unna-
tural mental dispositions and appears dreadful to the
hosts of his enemies, will soon conquer the whole earth.
Thus ends the 44th Adhyaya on "Lustration Ceremony"
खञ्जनकलक्षणाध्यायः ॥४५॥ Wagtail.
खञ्जनको नामायं यो विहगस्तस्य दर्शने प्रथमे ।
प्रोक्तानि यानि मुनिभिः फलानि तानि प्रवक्ष्यामि ॥१॥
Sloka 1.—I mean expounding in this chapter the
effects enunciated by ancient sages as pertaining to the
first sight of the bird called Wagtail.
In Tamil, the bird is known as வாலாட்டிக்குருவி.