[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med) › [Early and ascribed compendia](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita) › [Ashtangasamgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha) › 5.31 # Ashtangasamgraha 5.31 Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 5.31 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.31) ucitairapi cāhārairyasmādasya vahanti na | doṣopaliptavadanā rasaṃ rasavahāḥ sirāḥ || śleṣmā tu paraṃ sarvasandhibandhanamityuktaṃ prāk | netrāśritaṃ tu tejo bāhyatejasā svayoninā yogācchastramivāśmanā karmaṇyaṃ bhavati | atiyogādupahanyate | tacca vaidyutavad baḍavāmukhavaccāmbhomadhyagamapi vīryotkarṣāttejastvaṃ na jahāti | māṃsāsṛkkaphaprasādāttu jihvā jāyate | māṃsāsṛkkaphamedaḥprasādād vṛṣaṇāviti || sarvotthe virasaṃ śokakrodhādiṣu yathāmalam || palārdhikaṃ ca maricatvagelāpatrakesaram || bastīn sarveṣu vā yuñjyāt parihāravivarjitān || tvagasthimajjamāṃsādaiḥ pretairbahubhirāvṛtaḥ || > Because even with customary foods, the vessels carrying chyle do not transport chyle for him, > their mouths being smeared with doshas. > Moreover, śleṣman is the supreme binder of all joints, as has been said before. > However, the fiery light residing in the eye, through association with its source, the external light, > becomes operative, just as an iron weapon \[is sharpened\] by a whetstone; > by excessive union it is injured. > And that \[light\], like lightning and like the Submarine Fire, > even though located in the midst of water, does not lose its fiery nature owing to its superior potency. > From the clarified essence of flesh, blood, and kapha, the tongue is produced; > from the clarified essence of flesh, blood, kapha, and fat, the testes \[are produced\]. > In \[fever\] born of all \[doshas\], it is unpalatable; in \[those born of\] grief, anger, and the like, according to the respective dosha. > And half a pala of black pepper, cinnamon, cardamom, patra, and saffron. > Or one should administer enemas free from strict regimens in all of them. > Surrounded by numerous pretas who eat skin, bones, marrow, and flesh, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.30) - [Next: 5.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.32) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.5.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.5.31) · Pramāṇa