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

Adh. LXVII. Sl. 7-10.] सप्तषष्टितमोऽध्यायः 541
विस्तीर्णकर्णहनुनाभिललाटगुह्याः
कूर्मोन्नतद्विनवविंशतिभिर्नखैश्च ।
रेखात्रयोपचितवृत्तकराः सुवाला
धन्याः सुगन्धिमदपुष्करमारुताश्च ॥७॥
Slokas 6-7.—Auspicious are the elephants that have
lips, palate and mouth red, eyes like those of a sparrow ;
tusks, glossy and raised at the tips ; face, long and broad;
the back-bone arched, long, not protruding and lying
deep ; the frontal globes, like the back of a tortoise and
covered with thin and scanty hair ; the ears, jaws, navel,
forehead and penis broad ; the nails convex like a tor-
toise, numbering 18 or 20 ; the trunk round and covered
with three lines ; the hairs fine, and ichor and breath, of
good odour.
दीर्घाङ्गुलिरक्तपुष्कराः सजलाम्भोदनिनादबृंहिणः ।
बृहदायतवृत्तकन्धरा धन्या भूमिपतेर्मतङ्गजाः ॥८॥
Sloka 8.—Elephants with long fingers and red tip of
the trunk, with a voice (trumpeting) like the thunder of
clouds, and with a long, broad and round neck, bring
luck to the King.
The commentator states that by finger is meant the fleshy
projection in its foot, and by पुष्कर, the whole pad of foot.
निर्मदाभ्यधिकहीननखाङ्गान् कुब्जवामनकमेषविषाणान् ।
दृश्यकोशफलपुष्करहीनान् श्यावनीलशबलासिततालून् ॥९॥
खल्पवक्त्ररुहमत्कुणषण्ढान् हस्तिनीं च गजलक्षणयुक्ताम् ।
गर्भिणीं च नृपतिः परदेशं प्रापयेदतिविरूपफलास्ते ॥१०॥
Slokas 9-10.—Elephants that are never intoxicated,
that have too many or too few nails and limbs, that are