[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) › [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt) › 4.57 # Ashtangasamgraha 4.57 English (machine translation) 4.57 - **Language:** English ### [4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.57) Stainless, pure, matured by time, like nectar to drink, / amidst rows of bees hovering at the flapping of flocks of swans' wings; from wood-apple, bilva, bṛhatī, paṭola, sugar cane, and nidigdhikā, one should lick black pepper with honey, and with honey alone joṅgaka. May the heroic lord of Kumāras, your son, be consecrated! - [Previous: 4.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.56) - [Next: 4.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.58) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4) ## Linked texts (1) - [Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha.4.57) — Vāgbhaṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.astangasamgraha~en-mt.4.57) · Pramāṇa