Ashtangasamgraha 10.6

10.6

atītakālaṃ punastadvātaviṣṭabdhaṃ kṛcchrādvipacyate karśayatyannaruciṃ ca punarupahanti |

upayogavyavasthā tu nāsnāto na digvāsā naikavastradhṛk na malinavasano nāhutvā na japitvā nānirūpya devatābhyo na pitṛbhyo na datvāgramannamagnaye na gurubhyo nātithaye nābhyāgatebhyo na śvavayaḥśvapacebhyaḥ pratyavekṣya cāśritopāśitānapi tiraśco 'pi svaparigṛhītān praśastadeśakālopakaraṇayuktaḥ sragvī vibhūṣitaḥ surandhirārdrapāṇipādaḥ suviśuddhavadano 'bhimatasahāyaḥ keśamakṣikādyanupajuṣṭamanindyamanindannaninditamapunaruṣṇīkṛtaṃ nātyuṣṇamanupadagdhaṃ susiddhamalolo nāsātmyaṃ nāviditaṃ nāviditāgamaṃ nātisāyaṃ nātiprage nākāśe nātape nāndhakāre nādho vṛkṣasya na śyyāstho nonnamya pradeśinīṃ na pātre bhinne nāsaṃvṛte na maline bhāvadūṣite vā na cāsanasthite na hastasthe na haste prāṅmukhaḥ sumanāḥ śucibhaktākṣudhitānukūlajanopahitaṃ hitamannamaśrīyāt |

na paryuṣitamanyatra māṃsopadaṃśabhakṣyebhyaḥ |

nāśeṣamanyatra dadhimadhughṛtasalilasaktuśuktapāyasebhyo 'pi ca |

snigdhaṃ laghūṣṇamavilambita manatidrutamajalpannahasaṃstanmanāḥ samīkṣya samyagātmānam ||

śṛṇotyanyāṃśca yaḥ śabdānasato na sato 'pi vā ||

doṣāṇāṃ dūṣyāṇāṃ cotkṛṣṭāpakṛṣṭasaṃyogena mūtravarṇarasasparśagandhaviśeṣādvarṇānāmiva śuklakṛṣṇādīnāṃ śabalakalmāṣādayaḥ pramehāṇāṃ prabhedā bhavanti ||

asamyagdāhe tu kṣārāgnikarmaṇorvidhimīkṣet ||

apasmāraścaturbhedo vātādyairnicayena ca ||

Food taken past the proper time, obstructed by vāta, is digested with difficulty, causes emaciation, and destroys the appetite.

The proper procedure for eating, however, is this: one should not eat unbathed, naked, wearing a single garment, or wearing dirty clothes; nor without having offered oblations [into the fire], muttered sacred verses, made offerings to the deities and ancestors, given the first portion of food to the fire, or offered food to preceptors, guests, unexpected visitors, dogs, birds, and outcastes; nor without having attended to dependents, servants, and even the domestic animals under one's care; equipped with suitable place, time, and utensils; wearing a garland and ornaments; fragrant, with wet hands and feet, with a thoroughly cleansed face, accompanied by agreeable companions; eating food that is uncontaminated by hairs, flies, and the like, not blameworthy, not spoken ill of, not reviled, not reheated, not excessively hot, not scorched, well-cooked, not greedily eaten, not unwholesome, not of unknown nature, not of unknown origin, not too late in the evening, not too early in the morning, not in the open air, not in the direct sun, not in darkness, not under a tree, not lying in bed, not pointing with the index finger, not from a broken dish, not from an uncovered dish, not from a dirty dish or one defiled by bad intention, not placed upon a seat, not held in the hand, and not eaten directly from the hand; facing east, with a cheerful mind, served by pure and hungry people, and presented by agreeable attendants, one should eat wholesome food.

One should not eat stale food, except for meat accompaniments and baked delicacies.

One should not leave food completely finished [without leaving a remainder], except in the case of yogurt, honey, ghee, water, roasted grain flour, fermented gruel, and milk porridge.

[One should eat food that is] unctuous, light, and hot, neither too slowly nor too quickly, without talking or laughing, with an attentive mind, and having properly observed one's own constitution.

And who hears other sounds that do not exist, or does not hear those that do exist;

By the superior and inferior combination of the doṣas and the tissues affected by them, through distinctions in the color, taste, touch, and smell of the urine—just as varied shades such as dappled and piebald arise from primary colors like white and black—the distinct varieties of prameha occur.

In the event of improper cauterization, however, one should observe the rule for procedures involving alkali and thermal cautery.

Apasmāra has four varieties, caused by vāta and the other [doṣas] individually and by their combination.