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

572 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXIX. Sl. 18-20.
has independent ideas and does not tolerate his kith
and kin.
अङ्गुलानि नवतिश्च षड्नान्युच्छ्रयेण तुलयापि हि भारः ।
मध्यदेशनृपतिर्यदि पुष्टाऽङ्ग्यादयोऽस्य सकलावनिनाथः ॥१८॥
Sloka 18.—His height and weight are respectively
84 digits and a Bhara (2000 palas). He becomes the
king of the central countries ; but if his height and ex-
tent of outstretched arms be each 105 digits, he would be
an emperor .
भुक्त्वा सम्यग्वसुधां शौर्येणोपार्जितामशीत्यब्दः ।
तीर्थे प्राणांस्त्यक्त्वा भद्रो देवालयं याति ॥१९॥
Sloka 19.—The Bhadra type of man rules fittingly
for 80 years over the earth conquered by valour, and
abandoning his mortal coil in a place of pilgrimage goes
to heaven.
सारावली Adh. 37-40, 44, 42, 43.
ईषदन्तुरकस्तनुद्विजनखः कोशेक्षणः शीघ्रगो
विद्याधातुवाणिक्क्रियासु निरतः सम्पूर्णगण्डः शठः ।
सेनानीः प्रियमैथुनः परजनस्त्रीसक्तचित्तश्चलः
शूरो मातृहितो वनाचलनदीदुर्गेषु सक्तः शशः ॥२०॥
Sloka 20.—One belonging to the शश (Sasa) group
has somewhat prominent and thin teeth, thin nails, large
eye-balls, brisk gait, attachment to learning, minerals and
trade, has plump cheeks, and roguery ; he is a com-
mander of armies ; fond of sexual pleasure ; his mind
is addicted to others’ wives ; he is fickle-minded, heroic,
devoted to his mother and a lover of forests, mountains,
rivers and fortresses.