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Ashtangasamgraha 9.61

Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 9.61

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Sanskrit

9.61

kāyasya tejaḥ paramaṃ hi śukramāhārasāradapi sārabhūtam |

jitātmanā tat parirakṣaṇīyaṃ tato vapuḥ santatirapyudārā ||

viṣayātiśayāḥ pañca śarāḥ kusumadhanvanaḥ ||

yadyunmāde tataḥ kuryāt bhūtanirdiṣṭamauṣadham ||

Semen is indeed the supreme luster of the body, the essence even of the essence of food; / by one of self-control it should be preserved, for from it arise a radiant body and noble lineage.
The excessive objects of sense are the five arrows of the flower-bowed god [Kāma].
If it occurs in insanity, one should then administer the remedy prescribed for afflictions by spirits.

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