Yogayātrā · Chapter 16
atra dhvajapraharaṇāny abhimantritāni kurvanti śatrukadana ripuvāhinīnām/
mantraṃ jagāda bhagavān uśanāḥ svaśāstre yal likhyate sa iha pūrvavidhikrameṇa//
<oṃ indro 'gnir indravajradharo 'yaṃ hariṇo 'bhiniryāya paraṃ hana hana daha daha svāhā>/
pracalitagajavājiśūrayodhaṃ samabhimukhodyataśastram abhyupetam/
abhimukhadinakṛtprabhañjanaṃ ca sthirahṛdayo 'ribala sukhaṃ nihanyāt//
aśubhakhagamṛgaṃ ca dakṣiṇe nipatati ketupatākabheva vā/
paruṣaviṣamamandajarjaro yadi khalu tūryaravo 'sya vāmataḥ//
yat pṛṣṭhataḥ seṣugajāśvayodham niṣṭhitavyūhamarātisainyam/
yasyendracāpaṃ ca lalāṭasaṃstha tat pṛṣṭhabhāgaḥ kuśalo 'bhihanyāt//
nārttā na bhītā na tṛṇānanāś ca vimuktaśastrāḥ prapalayamānāḥ/
kṣīṇāyudhā vājigajāvatīrṇā hy ete na badhyā na ca pīḍanīyāḥ//
kulaikatantuḥ śaraṇāgato vā kṛtāñjaliryaś ca vadet tava 'smi/
ayudhyamānān avagamya hanyāś na pālakān strīparirakṣitāṃś ca//
digdāhakṣitijarajośmavṛṣṭipātair nirghātakṣiticalanādivaikṛtaiś ca/
yuddhānte mṛgaśakunaiś ca dīptanādair no bhadraṃ bhavati jaye 'pi pārthivasya//
śubhā mṛgapatatriṇo mṛdusamīraṇohlādakṛd grahāḥ sphuṭamarīcayo vigatareṇudigmaṇḍalam/
yad anyam api vaikṛtan na vijayāvasāne yadā tadā sukham akaṇṭakaṃ nṛpatir atti deśaṃ ripoḥ//
paraviṣayapurāptau sādhudevadvijasvaṃ kulajanavanitāś ca kṣmādhipo noparundhyāt/
janapadahitayuktān pūjayet pauramukhyān śubhatithikaraṇarkṣe hṛṣṭasainyo viśoc ca//
dṛti manujapatir yathopadeśaṃ bhagaṇavidāṃ prakaroti yo vacāṃsi/
sa sakalamahimaṇḍalādhipatyaṃ vrajati divīva purandaro 'cireṇa//
alabdhalipsā prathamaṃ nṛpasya labdhasya saṃrakṣaṇasampravṛddhī/
samyak pravṛddhasya ca lābhako 'yaṃ tīrtheṣu samyak patipādanāni//
kendreṣu saumyair guruśukralagne pāpeṣu kendrāṣṭamavarjitesu/
prāmye sthire vā 'nidhane ca lagne gṛhaṃ viśec chrītakare 'nukūle/
pauṣṇe dhaniṣṭhāsv atha vāruṇeṣu svāyambhuvarkṣeṣu triṣūttarāsu/
akṣīṇacandre śubhavāsare ca tithāv arikte ca gṛhapraveśaḥ//
dharmeṇa pṛthvīṃ kila pālayitvā jalāśayārāmasurālayāḍhyām/
kṛtvā sakūpāṃ citibhiś citāñ ca jayanti lokān amareśvarasya//
svaviṣayam upagamya mānavendro vallim upayācitakāni cādhikāni/
nigaditavidhinaiva sampradadyāt pramathagaṇāsurabhūtadevatābhyaḥ//
yātrāvatāra ādāv ācāraś vābhiyojyako deśaḥ/
yogādhyāyo bhiṣakabalyupahārau tathā snānam//
agninimittaṃ nakṣatrakaindubhaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ tathā vāryāḥ/
śālāvidhir gajeṅgitamadakaraṇaṃ vājiceṣṭā ca//
khaḍgavidhiḥ prasthānaṃ śākunam utsāhapuraniveśaś ca/
adhyāyasaṃpraho 'yaṃ samāsataś cātra nirdiṣṭaḥ//E18
Original text: Yogayātrā · Edition: Ramacandra Jha, Darabhanga, KMSG 23, 1986 with reference to Kern, Hendrick, ``Die Yogayatra des Varahamihira, Adhyaya 1--9'' Verspreide Geschriften, Vol. 1, pp.99--168, Hague, 1913 and Bhattotpala's commentary in the Brhatsamhita · Data entry Mizue Sugita · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0