Brihat Samhita
प्रथममुनिकथितं अवितथं अवलोक्य ग्रन्थविस्तरस्य अर्थम् । नातिलघुविपुलरचनाभिरुद्यतः स्पष्टं अभिधातुम् ॥ १-०२ ॥
Having correctly examined the substance of the voluminous works of the sages of the past, I attempt to write a clear treatise neither too long nor too short.
english translation
prathamamunikathitaM avitathaM avalokya granthavistarasya artham । nAtilaghuvipularacanAbhirudyataH spaSTaM abhidhAtum ॥ 1-02 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript