The Compendium of Caraka 4.3.4_1_3
Carakasaṃhitā 4.3.4_1_3
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4.3.4_1_3
yadi hi rasajaḥ syāt, na kecit strīpuruṣeṣvanapatyāḥ syuḥ, na hi kaścidastyeṣāṃ yo rasānnopayuḍkte; śreṣṭharasopayogināṃ cedgarbhājāyanta ityabhipretamiti, evaṃ satyājaurabhramārgamāyūragokṣīradadhighṛtamadhutailasaindhavekṣurasamudgaśālibhṛtānāmevaikāntena prajā syāt, śyāmākavarakoddālakakoradūṣakakandamūlabhakṣāśca nikhilenānapatyāḥ syuḥ, taccobhayamubhayatra dṛśyate//
For if it were born of chyle, none among women and men would be childless, since there is none among them who does not consume chyle; and if it is held that embryos are born to those who consume superior chyle, in that case offspring would belong exclusively to those nourished on goat, sheep, deer, peacock, cow’s milk, curd, ghee, honey, oil, rock-salt, sugarcane juice, green gram, and śāli-rice, while those eating śyāmāka, varaka, uddālaka, koradūṣaka, bulbs, and roots would be entirely childless; but both [conditions] are observed in both cases.
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