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

Adh. XLVII. Sl. 1-4.] सप्तचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः 369.
मयूरचित्रकम् ॥४७॥ Motley Miscellany.
दिव्यान्तरिक्षाश्रयमुक्तमादौ मया फलं शस्तमशोभनं च ।
प्रायेण चारेषु समागमेषु युद्धेषु मार्गादिषु विस्तरेण ॥१॥
भूयो वराहमिहिरस्य न युक्तमेत-
त्कर्तुं समासकृतसाविति तस्य दोषः ।
तज्ज्ञैर्न वाच्यमिदमुक्तफलानुगीति
यद्वर्हिचित्रकमिति प्रथितं वराङ्गम् ॥२॥
स्वरूपमेव तस्य तत्प्रकीर्त्तितानुकीर्त्तनम् ।
ब्रवीम्यहं न चेदिदं तथाऽपि मेऽत्र वाच्यता ॥३॥
Slokas 1-3.—In the beginning of this work I have
treated, in great detail, of the good and bad effects of the
celestial and atmospheric phenomena mostly in connec-
tion with the planets’ courses, conjunctions, wars, paths
and the like. “It does not behove Varahamihira, being
noted for brevity, to repeat the same subject,” so
some will find fault with him. But those in the know of
this science should not say that this chapter is a repeti-
tion of the effects already dealt with, because this
chapter, entitled ‘Barhi Chitraka’—Peacock’s colours—
is a well-known chief section of this Samhita (collection)
[or “since this is an important section of the Samhita,
men of science should not repeat the subject] and it is
but the nature of this section to reiterate what has been
once recounted. [If I leave out this chapter, still people
will blame me.
उत्तरवीथिगता द्युतिमन्तः क्षेमसुभिक्षशिवाय समस्ताः ।
दक्षिणमार्गगता द्युतिहीनाः क्षुद्भयतस्करमृत्युकरास्ते ॥४॥
Sloka 4.—All the (non-luminous) planets, radiant
and moving in the northern paths (नाग-Naga, गज-Gaja