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

Adh. L. Sl. 23-26.] पञ्चाशोऽध्यायः 405
इदमौशनसं च शस्त्रपानं रुधिरेण श्रियमिच्छतः प्रदीताम् ।
हविषा गुणवत्सुताभिलिप्सोः सलिलेनाक्षयमिच्छतश्च वित्तम् ॥२३॥
वडवोष्ट्रकरेणुदुग्धपानं यदि पापेन समीहतेऽर्थसिद्धिम् ।
झषपित्तमृगाश्वबस्तदुग्धैः करिहस्ताच्छिदये सतालमद्यैः ॥२४॥
Slokas 23-24.—The following are the drinks pre-
scribed by sage Usanas for the sword : one wishing for
very great wealth should give a drink of blood by the
sword ; for begetting a virtuous son, a drink of ghee ;
for inexhaustible wealth, one of water ; for the acquisi-
tion of money by sinful means, one of the milk of
mare, camel or elephant ; and for cutting the trunks
of elephants, one of fish-bile, deer-milk, horse-milk, and
goat-milk, mixed with the toddy of palm trees.
आर्के पयो हुडुविषाणमषीसमेतं
पारावताखुशकृता च युतः प्रलेपः ।
शस्त्रस्य तैलमथितस्य ततोऽस्य पानं
पश्चाच्छितस्य न शिलासु भवेद्विघातः ॥२५॥
Sloka 25.—A sword rubbed with gingelly oil and
then smeared with an unguent prepared with the milky
juice of Arka plant, the cleaned powder of goat’s horn and
the excreta of doves and mice must be given any of the
drinks mentioned in the previous two verses, and after-
wards whetted; such a sword will not break against stones.
क्षारे कदल्या मथितेन युक्ते दिनोषिते पायितमायसं यत् ।
सम्यक् शितं चाश्मनि नैति भङ्गं न चान्यलोहेष्वपि तस्य कौण्ठ्यम्
Sloka 26.—An iron weapon treated with a day-old
drink made of the burnt powder of plantains (or its rib)
mixed with butter-milk, and then sharpened properly,
will not break on stones, nor become blunt on other iron
instruments.
Thus ends the 50th Adhyaya on "Signs of Swords."