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

400 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. L. Sl. 4-7.
Sloka 3.—The dents resembling a lizard, crow,
heron, carcass-eating bird, truncated body and scorpion
and many dents in the upper part of the sword are not
auspicious.
स्फुटितो ह्रस्वः कुण्ठो वंशच्छिन्नो न दृङ्मनोऽनुगतः ।
अस्वन इति चानिष्टः प्रोक्तविपर्यस्त इष्टफलः ॥४॥
Sloka 4.—A sword that has a breach, is too short,
blunt, cut at the top, not appealing to the eye and the
mind, and without resonance betokens misery ; whereas
one with characteristics contrary to the above will yield
good results.
क्वणितं मरणायोक्तं पराजयाय प्रवर्तनं कोशात् ।
स्वयमुद्गीर्णे युद्धं ज्वलिते विजयो भवति खङ्गे ॥५॥
Sloka 5.—The sounding of a sword by itself fore-
bodes the owner's death ; its not coming out of its sheath,
defeat : its coming out of the sheath by itself indicates
war ; and its blazing leads to victory.
नाकारणं विवृणुयान्न विघट्टयेच्च
पश्येन्न तत्र वदनं न वदेच्च मूल्यम् ।
देशं न चास्य कथयेत् प्रतिमानयेन्न
नैव स्पृशेन्नृपतिरप्रयतोऽसियष्टिम् ॥६॥
Sloka 6.—The King should not unsheath the sword
without any reason, nor brandish it, nor see his own face
in it, nor mention its price, nor tell the place of its origin,
nor measure it, nor, without purity, touch the blade.
गोजिह्वासंस्थानो नीलोत्पलवंशपत्रसदृशश्च ।
करवीरपत्रशूलाग्रामण्डलाग्राः प्रशस्ताः स्युः ॥७॥
Sloka 7.—The best swords are those that are shaped
like a cow's tongue, blue-lily petal, bamboo-leaf, and