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

512 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LVIII. Sl. 35-39.
peace (the fringes raised upward) ; the left ones, a bow,
a buckler, a discus, and a couch. If only four arms are
desired, one is the giver of peace or blessings, and the
other wears the mace on the right and couch and discus
on the left. If He is made with only two hands, then
the right hand bestows peace and the other wears the
conch.
बलदेवो हलपाणिर्मदविभ्रमलोचनश्च कर्तव्यः ।
बिभ्रत्कुण्डलकमेकं शंखेन्दुमृणालगौरतनुः ॥३६॥
Sloka 36.—Baladeva should be made having a
plough in his hand, with eyes rolling owing to intoxica-
tion, and wearing an ear-ring and having his complexion
as white as conch, the Moon and the lotus-stalk.
एकानंशा कार्या देवी बलदेवकृष्णयोर्मध्ये ।
कटिसंस्थितवामकरा सरोजमितरेण चोद्वहती ॥३७॥
कार्या चतुर्भुजा या वामकराभ्यां सपुस्तकं कमलम् ।
द्वाभ्यां दक्षिणपार्श्वे वरमर्थिष्वक्षसूत्रं च ॥३८॥
वामेऽथाष्टभुजायाः कमण्डलुश्चापमम्बुजं शास्त्रम् ।
वरशरदर्पणयुक्ताः सव्यभुजाः साक्षसूत्राश्च ॥३९॥
Slokas 37-39.—Goddess Ekanamsa should be situ-
ated between Baladeva and Sri Krishna, with her left
hand placed on the hip and the other hand holding a
lotus. If she is to be four-armed, in the left hands she
has a book and a lotus, and in the right ones, boon to the
suppliants and a rosary. If she is to be eight-armed, in
the left hands, she has a water-pot, a bow, a lotus and a
book, and in the right ones, boon, an arrow, a mirror,
and a rosary.
Boon-giving hand is one with the open palm, fingers pointing
downwards.