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

618 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXXVIII. Sl. 19-23.
duces indistinct sounds, besides those who in the Chap-
ter on the signs of women have been declared sinful :
with none of the above women should a man play the
act of Cupid.
From the above remarks, it is quite clear that this is meant
only for kings to follow.
शशशोणितसङ्काशं लाक्षारससन्निकाशमथवा यत् ।
प्रक्षालितं विरज्यति यच्चासृक् तद्भवेच्छुद्धम् ॥१९॥
यच्छब्दवेदनावर्र्जितं त्र्यहात् संनिवर्त्तते रक्तम् ।
तत्पुरुषसम्प्रयोगादविचारं गर्भतां याति ॥२०॥
Slokas 19-20.—The menstrual blood is sound if
it is tinged like hare's blood, or lac, and fades after wash-
ing. (That is, fit for impregnation). Such blood not
attended with noise and pain, and ceasing to flow after
three days, will undoubtedly develop into an embryo
after union with man.
न दिनत्रयं निषेव्यं स्नानं माल्यानुलेपनं स्त्रीभिः ।
स्नायाच्चतुर्थदिवसे शास्त्रोक्तेनोपदेशेन ॥२१॥
पुण्यस्नानौषधयो याः कथितास्ताभिरम्बुमिश्राभिः ।
स्नायात्तथात्र मन्त्रः स एव यस्तत्र निर्दिष्टः ॥२२॥
Slokas 21-22.—A woman in menses should not bathe,
not wear wreaths of flowers, nor anoint her body. She
should bathe on the fourth day according to the man-
dates of the Sastras. She should use for her bath the
herbs enumerated in the Chapter on 'Royal ablutions'
(Ch. 48) mixed with water, and the same hymn men-
tioned there will have to be used here too.
युग्मासु किल मनुष्या निशासु नार्यो भवन्ति विषमासु ।
दीर्घायुषः सुरूपाः सुखिनश्च विकृष्टयुग्मासु ॥२३॥