Brihat Samhita · Chapter 62
kukkuṭas tv ṛju^tanūruha^aṅgulis tāmra^vaktra^nakha^cūlikaḥ sitaḥ/
rauti susvaram uṣātyaye ca yo vṛddhidaḥ sa nṛpa^rāṣṭra^vājinām//
yavagrīvo yo vā badara^sadṛśo vā^api vihago
bṛhan^mūrdhā varṇair bhavati bahubhiś ca ruciraḥ/
sa śastaḥ saṃgrāme madhu^madhupa^varṇaś ca jayakṛd
na śasto yo +ato +anyaḥ kṛśa^tanu^ravaḥ khañja^caraṇaḥ//
kukkuṭī ca mṛdu^cāru^bhāṣiṇī snigdha^mūrti^rucira^ānana^īṣaṇā/
sā dadāti suciraṃ mahīkṣitāṃ śrī^yaśo^vijaya^vīryasampadaḥ//
63 kūrmalakṣaṇādhyāyaḥ
Original text: Bṛhatsaṃhitā · Edition: of A.V.Tripathi (Sarasvati Bhavan Granthamala Edition) with reference to H.Kern's text and his translation [variants marked by K. & K's tr.] and Utpala's commentary [marked by U.] · Data entry Michio Yano Mizue Sugita · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0