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

Adh. CVI. Sl. 2-4.} षडधिकशततमोऽध्यायः 799
Sloka 1.--Having churned the ocean of Astrology
with the मन्दर mountain of my intelligence, I have taken
out the Moon of Science (correct knowledge) that affords
light to the world.
The idea is brought out here beautifully through a metaphor.
This means that this संहिता contains the quint-essence of the whole
science of Astrology-cum-Astronomy.
..पूर्वाचार्यग्रन्था नोत्सृष्टाः कुर्वता मया शास्त्रम् ।
तानवलोक्येदं च प्रयतध्वं कामतः सुजनाः ॥२॥
Sloka 2.--I have not discarded the works of ancient
seers while writing this Sastra or scientific work. Hence,
O Ye good men ! You may by all means compare mine
with theirs, and accept whichever you like.
अथवा कृशमपि सुजनः प्रथयति दोषार्णवादगुणं दृष्ट्वा ।
नीचस्तद्विपरीतः प्रकृतिरियं साध्वसाधूनाम् ॥३॥
Sloka 3.--Or, a good man finding some excellence
(virtue), though slender, in an ocean of faults, proclaims
that (virtue), while a mean-minded man does contrari-
wise (finding a small fault in an ocean of excellences, he
proclaims the fault alone). This is the nature of the
good and the wicked.
दुर्जनहुताशतप्तं काव्यसुवर्णं विशुद्धिमायाति ।
श्रावयितव्यं तस्माद्दुष्टजनस्य प्रयत्नेन ॥४॥
Sloka 4.--The gold of poetry being heated by the
fire of wicked men becomes purified. Hence, it should
be shown (read) to the wicked by all means.
ग्रन्थस्य यत्प्रचरतोऽस्य विनाशमेति
लेख्याद्बहुश्रुतमुखाधिगमक्रमेण ।