Ashtangasamgraha 8.12

8.12

snehalavaṇayogādapi cāgniritthaṃ syāt |

ato vayobhiḥ parīkṣeta |

tatra viṣajuṣṭāhārābhyavahārātkākāḥ kṣāmasvarā bhavanti |

makṣikāḥ saviṣānne na nilīyante |

nilīnāśca vyāpadyante |

dṛṣṭa eva cāsmiṃstu cakorasyākṣiṇī virajyete |

kokilasya svaro vikṛtimeti |

haṃsasya gatiḥ skhalati |

kūjati bhṛṅgarājaḥ |

mādyati krauñcaḥ |

virauti kṛkavākuḥ |

vikrośati śukaḥ śārikā ca |

chardayati cāmīkaraḥ |

anyato yāti kāraṇḍavaḥ |

mriyate jīvañjīvako

glāyati vā |

hṛṣṭaromā bhavati nakulaḥ |

śakṛdvisrjati vānaraḥ |

roditi pṛṣataḥ |

hṛṣyati mayūraḥ |

darśanādeva cāsya viṣaṃ mandatāmupaiti ||

kṛte 'pyakṛtasaṃjñaśca sarvātmā sarvalakṣaṇaḥ ||

pibenmanthaṃ yavāgūṃ vā lājaiḥ samadhuśarkaraiḥ |

gudgajāṅgalajairadyādvyañjanaiḥ śāliṣaṣṭikam ||

haridre ca kṛtā vartiḥ pūrvavannayanāñjanam |

vayasthā hiṅgu kaṭukā ṣaḍgranthā saindhavaṃ tathā ||

Fire may also become like this through the addition of unctuous substances and salt.

Therefore, one should test it by means of birds.

In that regard, crows develop feeble voices from eating poisoned food.

Flies do not alight upon poisoned food;

and if they alight, they perish.

Upon its merely being seen, the eyes of the cakora bird become discolored.

The voice of the cuckoo undergoes alteration.

The gait of the swan falters.

The bhṛṅgarāja bird chirps.

The krauñca bird becomes intoxicated.

The rooster cries out.

The parrot and the śārikā shriek.

The cāmīkara bird vomits.

The kāraṇḍava bird goes elsewhere.

The jīvañjīvaka bird dies

or faints.

The mongoose gets horripilation.

The monkey discharges feces.

The spotted deer weeps.

The peacock becomes joyful,

and merely by its sight, the poison diminishes in strength.

And even when done, he thinks it undone; endowed with every soul and every characteristic.

He should drink a churned beverage or barley gruel made with puffed rice along with honey and sugar;
he should eat śāli and ṣaṣṭika rice with condiments made from gudga and animals of arid regions.

A wick prepared with the two haridrās is a collyrium for the eyes, as before;
so too vayasthā, asafoetida, kaṭukā, ṣaḍgranthā, and rock salt.