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Brihat-samhita [sanskrit]
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The Sanskrit text of the Brihat-samhita from the 6th-century authored by Varaha Mihira in present-day Ujjain, India. It primarily deals with astrology and astronomy but is presented as an encyclopedia of knowledge.
Chapter 12 - agastyacārādhyāyaḥ [agastyacāra-adhyāya]
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samudro'ntaḥ śailairmakaranakharotkhātaśikharaiḥ kṛtastoyocchittyā sapadi sutarāṃ yena ruciraḥ |
patanmuktāmiśraiḥ pravaramaṇiratnāmbunivahaiḥ surānpratyādeṣṭuṃ mitamukuṭaratnāniva purā || 1 ||
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yena cāmbuharaṇe'pi vidrumairbhūdharaiḥ samaṇiratnavidrumaiḥ |
nirgataistaduragaiśca rājitaḥ sāgaro'dhikataraṃ virājitaḥ || 2 ||
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prasphurattimijalebhajihmagaḥ kṣiptaratnanikaro mahodadhiḥ |
āpadāṃ padagato'pi yāpito yena pītasalilo'maraśriyam || 3 ||
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pracalattimiśuktijaśaṅkhacitaḥ salile'pahṛte'pi patiḥ saritām |
sataraṅgasitotpalahaṃsabhṛtaḥ sarasaḥ śaradīva vibharti rucim || 4 ||
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timisitāmbudharaṃ maṇitārakaṃ sphaṭikacandramanambuśaraddyutiḥ |
phaṇiphaṇopalaraśmiśikhigrahaṃ kuṭilageśaviyacca cakāra yaḥ || 5 ||
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dinakararathamārgavicchittaye'bhyudyataṃ yaccalacchṛṅgamudbhrāntavidyādharāṃsāvasaktapriyāvyagradattāṅkadehāvalambāmbarātyucchritoddhūyamānadhvajaiḥ śobhitam |
karikaṭamadamiśraraktāvalehānuvāsānusāridvirephāvalīnottamāṅgaiḥ kṛtānbāṇapuṣpairivottaṃsakāndhārayadbhirmṛgendraiḥ sanāthīkṛtāntardarīnirjharam ||
gaganatalamivollikhantaṃ pravṛddhairgajākṛṣṭaphulladrumatrāsavibhrāntamattadvirephāvalīhṛṣṭamandrasvanaiḥ śailakūṭaistarakṣarkṣaśārdūlaśākhāmṛgādhyāsitaiḥ |
rahasi madanasaktayā revayā kāntayevopagūḍhaṃ surādhyāsitodyānamambhośanānnamūlānilāhāraviprānvitaṃ vindhyamastambhayad yaśca tasyodayaḥ śrūyatām || 6 ||
[abhy | gīta]
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udaye ca muneragastyanāmnaḥ kusamāyogamalapradūṣitāni |
hṛdayāni satāmiva svabhāvātpunarambūni bhavanti nirmalāni || 7 ||
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pārśvadvayādhiṣṭhitacakravākāmāpuṣṇatī sasvanahaṃsapaṅktim |
tāmbūlaraktotkaṣitāgradantī vibhāti yoṣeva śaratsahāsā || 8 ||
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indīvarāsannasitotpalānvitā śaradbhramatṣaṭpadapaṅktibhūṣitā |
sabhrūlatākṣepakaṭākṣavīkṣaṇā vidagdhayoṣeva vibhāti sasmarā || 9 ||
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indoḥ payodavigamopahitāṃ vibhūtiṃ draṣṭuṃ taraṅgavalayā kumudaṃ niśāsu |
unmīlayatyalinilīnadalaṃ supakṣma vāpī vilocanamivāsitatārakāntam || 10 ||
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nānāvicitrāmbujahaṃsakokakāraṇḍavāpūrṇataḍāgahastā |
ratnaiḥ prabhūtaiḥ kusumaiḥ phalaiśca bhūryacchatīvārghamagastyanāmne || 11 ||
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salilamamarapājñayojjhitaṃ yaddhanapariveṣṭitamūrtibhirbhujaṅgaiḥ |
phaṇijanitaviṣāgnisampraduṣṭaṃ bhavati śivaṃ tadagastyadarśanena || 12 ||
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smaraṇādapi pāpamapākurute kimuta stutibhirvaruṇāṅgaruhaḥ |
munibhiḥ kathito'sya yathārghavidhiḥ kathayāmi tathaiva narendrahitam || 13 ||
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saṃkhyāvidhānātpratideśamasya vijñāya sandarśanamādiśejjñaḥ |
taccojjayinyāmagatasya kanyāṃ bhāgaiḥ svarākhyaiḥ sphuṭabhāskarasya || 14 ||
[ujjayanyām]
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īṣatprabhinne'ruṇaraśmijālairnaiśe'ndhakāre diśi dakṣiṇasyām |
sāṃvatsarāveditadigvibhāge bhūpo'rghamurvyāṃ prayataḥ prayacchet || 15 ||
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kālodbhavaiḥ surabhibhiḥ kusumaiḥ phalaiśca ratnaiśca sāgarabhavaiḥ kanakāmbaraiśca |
dhenvā vṛṣeṇa paramānnayutaiśca bhakṣyairdadhyakṣataiḥ surabhidhūpavilepanaiśca || 16 ||
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narapatirimamarghaṃ śraddadhāno dadhānaḥ pravigatagadadoṣo nirjitārātipakṣaḥ |
bhavati yadi ca dadyātsapta varṣāṇi samyagjalanidhi raśanāyāḥ svāmitāṃ yāti bhūmeḥ || 17 ||
[rasanāyāḥ]
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dvijo yathālābhamupāhṛtārghaḥ prāpnoti vedānpramadāśca putrān |
vaiśyaśca gāṃ bhūri ghanaṃ ca śūdro rogakṣayaṃ dharmaphalaṃ ca sarve || 18 ||
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rogān karoti paruṣaḥ kapilastvavṛṣṭiṃ dhūmro gavāmaśubhakṛtsphuraṇo bhayāya |
māñjiṣṭharāgasadṛśaḥ kṣudhamāhavāṃśca kuryādaṇuśca purarodhamagastyanāmā || 19 ||
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śātakumbhasadṛśaḥ sphaṭikābhastarpayanniva mahīṃ kiraṇāgraiḥ |
dṛśyate yadi tadā pracurānnā bhūrbhavatyabhayarogajanāḍhyā || 20 ||
[kiraṇaughaiḥ | tataḥ]
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ulkayā vinihataḥ śikhinā vā kṣudbhayaṃ marakameva vidhatte |
dṛśyate sa kila hastagate'rke rohiṇīmupagate'stamupaiti || 21 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the agastyacārādhyāyaḥ [agastyacāra-adhyāya]
Brihata Samhita (Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation)
by Pandit Achyutananda Jha (2001)
Title: बृहत्संहिता (संस्कृत एवम् हिन्दी अनुवाद); Author: वराह मिहिर (Varaha Mihir); Publisher: Chaukhambha Vidya Bhawan
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Brhatsamhita with the Commentary of Bhattotpala
by Krishna Chandra Dwivedi (2016)
Publisher: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; 1229 pages;
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Brihat Samhita with the Commentary of Utpalapatimala of Yogisvara
by K. V. Sharma (2012)
Publisher: Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, Janakpuri; 754 pages; ISBN-10; 8186111360; ISBN-13: 9788186111369
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Brihat Samhita (Hindi Translation)
by K. V. Sharma (2002)
Publisher: Sampurnanand Sanskrit University; 2359 pages; ISBN-13: 9789387890008.
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Brhat Samhita (English translation)
by N. Chidambaram Iyer (2022)
Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; 801 pages; Edited by Dr. Shrikrishna Jugnu; ISBN-10: 8171104215; ISBN-13: 9788171104215.
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Brhat Samhita (English with notes)
by M. Ramakrishna Bhat (2010)
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidas Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; 1155 pages; ISBN-10: 8120810600; ISBN-13: 9788120810600.
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Brhat Samhita (Telugu translation)
by Sishtla Umamaheswara Sharma (2020)
Publisher: Mohan Publications, Andhra Pradesh; 846 pages.
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Brhat Samhita (Gujarati translation)
by - (2000)
Publisher: Shree Harihar Pustakalay, Surat; Author: Shri Varahamihira Acharya (શ્રી વરાહમિહીરાચાર્ય); 432 pages.
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Brhat Samhita (Kannada translation)
by Sripada Raghunatha Kulkarni (2021)
Publisher: Srinidhi Publications, Bangalore; 668 pages with illustrations.
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