Brihat Samhita · Chapter 71
devaiś camaryaḥ kila vāla^hetoḥ
sṛṣṭā himakṣmādhara^kandareṣu/
āpīta^varṇāś ca bhavanti tāsāṃ
kṛṣṇāś ca lāṅgūla^bhavāḥ sitāś ca//
sneho mṛdutvaṃ bahu^vālatā[K.vālatā ca]
vaiśadyam alpa^asthi^nibandhanatvam/
śauklyaṃ ca tāsāṃ[K.teṣāṃ] guṇa^sampad uktā
viddha^alpa^luptāni na śobhanāni//
adhyardha^hasta^pramito +asya daṇḍo
hasto +atha vā^aratni^samo +atha vā^anyaḥ/
kāṣṭhāt^śubhāt kāñcana^rūpya^guptād
ratnaiś *ca sarvaiś[K.vicitraiś] ca hitāya rājñām//
yaṣṭy^ātapatra^aṅkuśa^vetra^cāpa^vitāna^kunta^dhvaja^cāmarāṇām/
vyāpīta^tantrī^madhu^kṛṣṇa^varṇā varṇa^krameṇa^eva hitāya daṇḍāḥ//
mātṛ^bhū^dhana^kula^kṣayāvahā
roga^mṛtyu^jananāś ca parvabhiḥ/
dvy^ādibhir dvika^vivardhitaiḥ kramāt
dvādaśa^anta^virataiḥ samaiḥ phalam//
yātrā^prasiddhir dviṣatāṃ vināśo
lābhāḥ prabhūtā[K.prabhūto] vasudhā^gamaś ca/
vṛddhiḥ paśūnām abhivañchita^āptis
try^ādyeṣv ayugmeṣu tad^īśvarāṇām//
72 chatralakṣaṇādhyāyaḥ
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