Ashtangasamgraha 9.61
Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha 9.61
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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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