Brihat Samhita · Chapter 63
sphuṭika^rajata^varṇo nīla^rājī^vicitraḥ
kalaśa^sadṛśa^mūrtiś cāru^vaṃśaś ca kūrmaḥ/
aruṇa^sama^vapur vā sarṣapa^ākāra^citraḥ
sakala^nṛpa^mahattvaṃ mandirasthaḥ karoti//
añjana^bhṛṅga^śyāma^tanur vā bindu^vicitro +avyaṅga^śarīraḥ/
sarpa^śirā vā sthūlagalo yaḥ so +api nṛpāṇāṃ rāṣṭra^vivṛddhyai//
vaiḍūrya^tviṭ sthūla^kaṇṭhas trikoṇo
gūḍha^cchidraś ca^ūru[K.ū.cāru]^vaṃśaś ca śastaḥ/
krīḍāvāpyāṃ toyapūrṇe maṇau vā
kāryaḥ kūrmo maṅgala^arthaṃ narendraiḥ//
64 chāgalakṣaṇādhyāyaḥ
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