Ashtangasamgraha 5.63
Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 5.63
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5.63
nityaṃ hitāhāravihārasevī samīkṣyakārī viṣayeṣvasaktaḥ |
dātā samaḥ satyaparaḥ kṣamāvānāptopasevī ca bhavatyarogaḥ ||
arddhāñjaliḥ śukrasya |
tāvadeva mastiṣkamojaśca |
strīṇāṃ rajaso 'ñjalayaścatvāraḥ |
stanyasya dvau |
ubhayamapi caitadrasaprasādātmakamiti ||
avatāritaśīte ca datvā kṣaudraṃ ghṛtārdhikam ||
duṣṭasya tasya janayannanulomatāṃ tu bastirhinasti viṣamānapi rogapūgān ||
naitadaśraddadhānāya yojyaṃ nānupasīdate ||
Constantly consuming wholesome food and activities, acting with circumspection, unattached to sensory objects,
generous, impartial, devoted to truth, forgiving, and attending upon trustworthy elders, one remains free from disease. /
Half an añjali of semen;
just as much of brain and vital essence;
four añjalis of menstrual blood in women;
two of breast-milk;
and both of these consist of the clarified essence of chyle.
And when it is taken down and cooled, having added honey in half the quantity of the ghee, /
By producing downstream movement of that vitiated [vāta], the enema certainly destroys even fierce multitudes of diseases. /
This should not be administered to one lacking faith, nor to one who does not serve faithfully. /
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- Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit