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

LXXVII. 37, LXXVIII. 1-2.] अष्टसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः 613
spoils the colour ; excessive lime produces bad smell in
the mouth, but an extra quantity of betel-leaf, pleasant
smell.
पत्राधिकं निशि हितं सफलं दिवा च
प्रोक्तान्यथाकरणमस्य विडम्बनैव ।
ककोलपूगलवलीफलपारिजातै-
रामोदित मदमुदा मुदितं करोति ॥३७॥
Sloka 37.—At night it is beneficial to have an over-
dose of betel-leaf, while by day, of areca-nut. To
change this order is a mere farce of betel-chewing.
When betel-leaf is made fragrant by Kakkola, areca-nut,
clove and Jatee, it makes one happy with the joy of
amorous intoxication.
Thus ends the 77th Adhyaya on "the Preparation of Perfumes."
पुंस्त्रीसमायोगः ॥७८॥ Union of Man and Woman.
शस्त्रेण वेणीविनिगूहितेन विदूरथं स्वा महिषी जघान ।
विषप्रदिग्धेन च नूपुरेण देवी विरक्ता किल काशिराजम् ॥१॥
एवं विरक्ता जनयन्ति दोषान् प्राणच्छिदोऽन्यैरनुकीर्तितैः किम् ।
रक्ता विरक्ताः पुरुषैरतोऽर्थात् परीक्षिताव्याः प्रमदाः प्रयत्नात् ॥२॥
Slokas 1-2.—They say that king Viduratha was
murdered by his own queen with a weapon concealed in
her tresses, and the king of Kasi by his disaffected queen
by means of her anklet smeared with poison. Thus wo-
men, when they are disgusted with one, bring about
calamities amounting to danger to life. What is the
use of enumerating other troubles ? Hence, men ought
to examine carefully whether the damsels are really at-
tached to or disgusted with them.