Brihat Samhita

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वैदूर्यसदृशं इन्द्रो नवमं ग्रैवेयकं ददावन्यत् । रथचक्राभं दशमं सूर्यस्त्वष्टा प्रभायुक्तम् ॥ ४३-४६ ॥

Indra gave him a ninth graveyaka, which resembled vaidurya. The tenth incarnation is like the wheel of a chariot and is illuminated by the sun-god Tvaṣṭā.

english translation

vaidUryasadRzaM indro navamaM graiveyakaM dadAvanyat । rathacakrAbhaM dazamaM sUryastvaSTA prabhAyuktam ॥ 43-46 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

एकादशं उद्वंशं विश्वेदेवाः सरोजसङ्काशम् । द्वादशं अपि च निवेशं ऋषयो नीलोत्पलाभासम् ॥ ४३-४७ ॥

The eleventh ॥ is॥ the high-born Viśvedevās, appearing like a lotus; and the twelfth dwelling ॥ is॥ the sages, having the luster of a blue lotus.

english translation

ekAdazaM udvaMzaM vizvedevAH sarojasaGkAzam । dvAdazaM api ca nivezaM RSayo nIlotpalAbhAsam ॥ 43-47 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

किञ् चिदधऊर्ध्व निर्मितम् उपरि विशालं त्रयोदशं केतोः । शिरसि बृहस्पतिशुक्रौ लाक्षारससन्निभं ददतुः ॥ ४३-४८ ॥

Something was fashioned between the lower and upper regions; the thirteenth segment of the banner is broad at the top. On the head, Jupiter and Venus bestowed a substance resembling the color of liquid lac.

english translation

kiJ cidadhaUrdhva nirmitam upari vizAlaM trayodazaM ketoH । zirasi bRhaspatizukrau lAkSArasasannibhaM dadatuH ॥ 43-48 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

यद्य्यद्येन विभूषणम् अमरेण विनिर्मितं ध्वजस्यार्थे । तत्तत्तद्दैवत्यं विज्ञातव्यं विपश्चिद्भिः ॥ ४३-४९ ॥

Whatever ornament was made by the immortal for the sake of the flag The learned should understand that each and every one of them is a deity.

english translation

yadyyadyena vibhUSaNam amareNa vinirmitaM dhvajasyArthe । tattattaddaivatyaM vijJAtavyaM vipazcidbhiH ॥ 43-49 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

ध्वजपरिमाणत्र्यंशः परिधिः प्रथमस्य भवति पिटकस्य । परतः प्रथमात्प्रथमादष्टांशाष्टांशहीनानि ॥ ४३-५० ॥

The first ornament has a circumference which is a third of that of the Banner; and each succeeding ornament should be smaller than the preceding one by an eighth.

english translation

dhvajaparimANatryaMzaH paridhiH prathamasya bhavati piTakasya । parataH prathamAtprathamAdaSTAMzASTAMzahInAni ॥ 43-50 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript