कामिक आगम: पूर्व भाग (अष्टाविंशति मूल शैव आगमों का प्रथम एवं सर्वोच्च आगम महाकोश)

tatah pan"ca sahasra'ttu sahasra'ntam yatha'kramam ।। 3
hi'nam pan"ca s'atenaiva madhyamam navakam budha'h ।
s'atahi'na sahasra'ttu ya'vat pan"ca s'ata'ntakam ।। 4
s'ata'rdhena kramen.aiva kani'ya ks"udrayor matam ।
In each category there are nine varieties grouped into three as the foremost,
intermediate and the least , each group containing three. The number in each category
is to be decided according to the system which is being told now.
Starting from 14,000 brahmins and reaching down to 6,000, decreasing the number
by one thousand, nine numbers are obtained. The first three numbers
are of the foremost group; the next three numbers belong to the intermediate
group and the last three numbers belong to the least group. Then, starting from 5000
brahmins and reaching down to 500, decreasing the number by one hundred, nine
numbers are obtained. These belong to the medium category and are to be grouped
into three as said before. Starting from 900 and coming down to 500, decreasing the
number by 50, nine numbers are obtained . These belong to the lower category. The
number of brahmins for the small category is 50.
अथवान्यप्रकारेण वक्ष्यते शृणुत द्विजाः ।। ५
अष्टोत्तरशतं चान्यद्वर्धयेद्दशसंख्यया ।
लक्षान्तं संगृहीतव्यं तेषुशक्त्यैकमाचरेत् ।। ६
athava'nya praka'ren.a vaks"yate s'r'n.uta dvija'h ।। 5
as"tottaras'atam ca'nyad vardhayed das'a san'khyaya' ।
laks"a'ntam san'gr'hi'tavyam tes"u s'aktyaikam a'caret ।। 6
O, the Sages!, the number of brahmins is decided even in a different way which
I am going to tell you now. Listen to this. Starting from 108 and increasing ten by ten,
the maximum number could be reached up to one hundred thousand. The number of
brahmins could be decided within these limits according to the possibility of the
donor.
अशक्तश्चेदशाद्यष्टशतान्तं पञ्चसंख्यया ।
वर्धयेदतिहीनंचेत् एकस्मादेव वर्धनात् ।। ७
दशान्तं वाऽथ कर्तव्यं तेषु चेष्टं समाचरेत् ।