[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) › [The Compendium of Caraka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) › 6.1 # The Compendium of Caraka 6.1 Carakasaṃhitā 6.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [6.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1) — 5 parts - [6.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.3) — 5 parts - [6.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.4) — 4 parts ### [6.1.1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1.1) rasāyanādhyāye prathamaḥ pādaḥ/ cikitsitaṃ vyādhiharaṃ pathyaṃ sādhanamauṣadham/ prāyaścittaṃ praśamanaṃ prakṛtisthāpanaṃ hitam// vidyādbheṣajanāmāni,bheṣajaṃ dvividhaṃ ca tat/ svasthasyorjaskaraṃ kiñcit kiñcidārtasya roganut// abheṣajaṃ ca dvividhaṃ bādhanaṃ sānubādhanam/ svasthasyorjaskaraṃ yattu tadvṛṣyaṃ tadrasāyanam// prāyaḥ,prāyeṇa rogāṇāṃ dvitīyaṃ praśame matam/ prāyaḥśabdo viśeṣārtho hyubhayaṃ hyubhayārthakṛt// dīrghamāyuḥ smṛtiṃ medhāmārogyaṃ taruṇaṃ vayaḥ/ prabhāvarṇasvaraudāryaṃ dehendriyabalaṃ param// vāksiddhiṃ &praṇatiṃ kāntiṃ labhate nā rasāyanāt/ &'vṛṣatāṃ\` iti pā-. lābhopāyo hi śastānāṃ rasādīnāṃ rasāyanam// apatyasaṃtānakaraṃ yat sadyaḥ saṃpraharṣaṇam/ vājīvātibalo yena yātyapratihataḥ striyaḥ// bhavatyatipriyaḥ strīṇāṃ yena yenopacīyate/ jīryato 'apyakṣayaṃ śukraṃ phalavadyena dṛśyate// prabhūtaśākhaḥ śākhīva yena caityo yathā mahān/ &bhavatyarcyo bahumataḥ prajānāṃ subahuprajaḥ// &\`bhavatyardhyo bahumataḥ' iti,&\`bhavaty asau bahumataḥ' iti ca pā-. saṃtānamūlaṃ yeneha pretya cānantyamaśnute/ yaśaḥ śriyaṃ balaṃ puṣṭiṃ vājīkaraṇameva tat// svasthasyorjaskaraṃ tvetaddvividhaṃ proktamauṣadham/ yadvyādhinirghātakaraṃ vakṣyate taccikitsite// cikitsitārtha etāvān vikārāṇāṃ yadauṣadham/ rasāyanavidhiścāgre vājīkaraṇameva ca// abheṣajamiti jñeyaṃ viparītaṃ yadauṣadhāt/ tadasevyaṃ viṣevyaṃ tu pravakṣyāmi yadauṣadham// rasāyanānāṃ dvividhaṃ prayogamṛṣayo viduḥ/ kuṭīprāveśikaṃ caiva vātātapikameva ca// kuṭīprāveśikasyādau vidhiḥ samupadekṣyate/ > First quarter in the chapter on Rasāyana. > Cikitsita ('treated'), vyādhihara ('remover of disease'), pathya ('wholesome'), sādhana ('means'), auṣadha ('medicament'), > prāyaścitta ('expiation'), praśamana ('alleviator'), prakṛtisthāpana ('restorer of normal state'), and hita ('beneficial')— > these should be known as synonyms for medicine; and that medicine is twofold: > one promotes vigor in the healthy, the other dispels disease in the sick. > Non-medicine is also twofold: noxious and persistently noxious. > That which promotes vigor in the healthy is mostly aphrodisiac and rasāyana; > the second kind is generally held to alleviate diseases. > The word 'mostly' conveys a specific emphasis, for both in fact accomplish both purposes. > Long life, memory, intellect, health, youthful age, > excellence of radiance, complexion, and voice, supreme strength of body and senses, > efficacy of speech, reverence, and beauty are obtained by a man from rasāyana; > for rasāyana is the means for obtaining excellent bodily tissues beginning with rasa. > That which produces continuity of progeny, produces instantaneous exhilaration, > by which one, immensely strong like a stallion, approaches women uninhibited, > becomes exceedingly attractive to women, by which one is nourished, > by which one's semen, even in old age, is seen to be inexhaustible and fruitful, > by which one becomes possessed of abundant offspring, reverenced and esteemed among people, > like a tree with many branches, like a great caitya tree, > by which one attains the root of lineage here and immortality hereafter, > fame, prosperity, strength, and nourishment—that indeed is vājīkaraṇa. > This medicine promoting vigor in the healthy has thus been declared to be twofold. > That which destroys disease will be explained in the section on therapeutics (Cikitsita). > Such is the scope of therapeutics: the medicine for disorders, > and first the regimen of rasāyana and vājīkaraṇa. > What is contrary to medicine should be known as non-medicine; > that is to be avoided, but the medicine that is to be used, I shall proclaim. > The sages recognize a twofold application of rasāyanas: > entering an enclosure (kuṭīprāveśika) and exposed to wind and sun (vātātapika). > First, the procedure of entering an enclosure will be taught: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1.2) nṛpavaidyadvijātīnāṃ sādhūnāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām// nivāse nirbhaye śaste prāpyopakaraṇe pure/ diśi pūrvottarasyāṃ ca subhūmau kārayet kuṭīm// vistārotsedhasaṃpannāṃ trigarbhāṃ sūkṣmalocanām/ ghanabhittimṛtusukhāṃ suspaṣṭāṃ manasaḥ priyām// śabdādīnāmaśastānāmagamyāṃ strīvivarjitām/ iṣṭopakaraṇopetāṃ &sajjavaudyauṣadhadvijām// &\`sakta-' iti pā-. athodagayane śukle tithinakṣatrapūjite/ muhūrtakaraṇopete praśaste kṛtavāpanaḥ// dhṛtismṛtibalaṃ kṛtvā śraddadhānaḥ samāhitaḥ/ vidhūya mānasān doṣān maitrīṃ bhūteṣu cintayan// devatāḥ pūjayitvā 'agre dvijātīṃśca pradakṣiṇam/ devagobrāhmaṇān kṛtvā tatastāṃ praviśet kuṭīm// tasyāṃ saṃśodhanaiḥ śuddhaḥ sukhī jātabalaḥ punaḥ/ rasāyanaṃ prayuñjīta &tatpravakṣyāmi śodhanam// &\`tato vakṣyāmi' iti pā-. harītakīnāṃ cūrṇāni saindhavāmalake guḍam/ vacāṃ viḍaṅgaṃ rajanīṃ pippalīṃ viśvabheṣajam// pibeduṣṇāmbunā jantuḥ snehasvedopapāditaḥ/ tena śuddhaśarīrāya kṛtasaṃsarjanāya ca// trirātraṃ yāvakaṃ dadyāt pañcāhaṃ vā 'api sarpiṣā/ saptāhaṃ vā purāṇasya yāvacchuddhestu varcasaḥ// śuddhakoṣṭhaṃ tu taṃ jñātvā rasāyanamupācaret/ vayaḥprakṛtisātmyajño yaugikaṃ yasya yadbhavet// harītakīṃ pañcarasāmuṣṇāmalavaṇaṃ śivām/ doṣānulomanīṃ laghvīṃ vidyāddīpanapācanīm// āyuṣyāṃ pauṣṭikīṃ dhanyāṃ vayasaḥ sthāpanīṃ parām/ sarvarogapraśamanīṃ buddhīndriyabalapradām// kuṣṭhaṃ gulmamudāvartaṃ śoṣaṃ pāṇḍvāmayaṃ madam/ arśāṃsi grahaṇīdoṣaṃ purāṇaṃ viṣamajvaram// hṛdrogaṃ saśirorogamatīsāramarocakam/ kāsaṃ pramehamānāhaṃ plīhānamudaraṃ navam// > In a secure, auspicious city where supplies are easily obtained, inhabited by kings, physicians, twice-born men, > and virtuous persons of meritorious deeds, > in the northeastern direction and on good ground, one should have an enclosure constructed, > endowed with breadth and height, having three concentric chambers, small windows, > thick walls, comfortable in all seasons, well-lighted, pleasing to the mind, > inaccessible to unwholesome sounds and the like, devoid of women, > equipped with desirable utensils, and attended by ready physicians, medicines, and twice-born men. > Then, during the northern course of the sun, in the bright fortnight, on an auspicious lunar day and constellation, > endowed with an auspicious muhūrta and karaṇa, having had one's head shaved, > having gathered the strength of resolve and memory, full of faith and composed in mind, > having cast away mental blemishes, contemplating goodwill toward living beings, > having first worshipped the deities and circumambulated twice-born men, > and having paid homage to the gods, cows, and brāhmaṇas, one should then enter that enclosure. > Cleansed therein by evacuative measures, happy, having regained strength once more, > one should employ rasāyana; I shall explain that cleansing: > Powders of harītakī, rock salt, āmalaka, jaggery, > vacā, viḍaṅga, turmeric, pippalī, and ginger > a person should drink with hot water, having undergone oleation and sudation. > To him whose body has been purified by that and who has undergone the restorative dietary regimen, > one should give barley gruel with ghee for three nights, or five days, > or seven days, until his feces of old accumulated waste are purified. > Knowing him to have a purified digestive tract, one should administer rasāyana, > knowing his age, constitution, and suitability, using whatever would be appropriate for whom. > Harītakī should be known to possess five tastes, to be hot, non-salty, auspicious, > carminative of the doṣas, light, and a promoter of digestion and assimilation; > promoting longevity, nourishing, fortunate, supreme in preserving youth, > alleviating all diseases, and bestowing strength upon the intellect and senses. > Obstinate skin diseases, abdominal lump, upward movement of vāyu, wasting, anemia, intoxication, > piles, disorders of the duodenum, chronic intermittent fever, > heart disease along with head disease, diarrhea, anorexia, > cough, urinary anomalies, flatulence, spleen enlargement, fresh abdominal enlargement, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1.3) kaphaprasekaṃ vaisvaryaṃ vaivarṇyaṃ kāmalāṃ krimīn/ śvayathuṃ tamakaṃ chardiṃ klaibyamaṅgāvasādanam// srotovibandhān vividhān pralepaṃ hṛdayorasoḥ/ smṛtibuddhipramohaṃ ca jayecchīghraṃ harītakī// (&ajīrṇino rūkṣabhujaḥ strīmadyaviṣakarśitāḥ/ severannābhayāmete kṣuttṛṣṇoṣṇārditāśca ye//) &'yogīndranāthasena saṃmato 'ayaṃ pāṭhaḥ'. tān guṇāṃstāni karmāṇi vidyādāmalakīṣvapi/ yānyuktāni harītakyā vīryasya tu viparyayaḥ// ataścāmṛtakalpāni vidyāt karmabhirīdṛśaiḥ/ harītakīnāṃ śasyāni bhiṣagāmalakasya ca// auṣadhīnāṃ parā bhūmirhimavāñ śailasattamaḥ/ tasmātphalāni tajjāni grāhayetkālajāni tu// āpūrṇarasavīryāṇi kāle kāle yathāvidhi/ ādityapavanacchāyāsalilaprīṇitāni ca// &yānyajagdhānyapūtīni nirvraṇānyagadāni ca/ teṣāṃ prayogaṃ vakṣyāmi phalānāṃ karma cottamam// &\`yānyadagdhāni' iti pā-. pañcānāṃ pañcamūlānāṃ bhāgān daśapalonmitān/ harītakīsahasraṃ ca triguṇāmalakaṃ navam// vidārigandhāṃ bṛhatīṃ pṛśniparṇīṃ nidigdhikām/ vidyādvidārigandhādyaṃ śvadaṃṣṭrāpañcamaṃ gaṇam// bilvāgnimanthaśyonākaṃ kāśmaryamatha pāṭalām/ punarnavāṃ śūrpaparṇyau balāmeraṇḍameva ca// jīvakarṣabhakau medāṃ jīvantīṃ saśatāvarīm/ śarekṣudarbhakāśānāṃ śālīnāṃ mūlameva ca// ityeṣāṃ pañcamūlānāṃ pañcānāmupakalpayet/ bhagān yathoktāṃstatsarvaṃ sādhyaṃ daśaguṇe 'ambhasi// daśabhāgāvaśeṣaṃ tu pūtaṃ taṃ grāhayedrasam/ harītakīśca tāḥ sarvāḥ sarvāṇyāmalakāni ca// tāni sarvāṇyanasthīni phalānyāpothya kūrcanaiḥ/ vinīya tasminniryūhe cūrṇānīmāni dāpayet// maṇḍūkaparṇyāḥ pippalyāḥ śaṅkhapuṣpyāḥ plavasya ca/ > salivation of kapha, loss of voice, discoloration, jaundice, worms, > swelling, tamaka asthma, vomiting, impotence, exhaustion of the limbs, > various obstructions of the channels, coating of the heart and chest, > and confusion of memory and intellect—these harītakī quickly overcomes. > (Those with indigestion, those consuming dry food, those emaciated by women, wine, or poison, > and those afflicted by hunger, thirst, or heat should not take abhayā.) > One should recognize those same virtues and those same actions in āmalakī as well, > which have been stated for harītakī, except for the difference in potency. > Therefore, by such actions, the pulp of harītakī and āmalakī > should be known by the physician to be like nectar. > The Himalaya, the best of mountains, is the supreme ground for medicinal plants; > therefore, one should gather the fruits born there, born in due season, > filled with juice and potency at the proper time in accordance with rule, > gratified by the sun, wind, shade, and water, > which are uneaten, unrotted, unblemished, and free from disease; > I shall proclaim the formulation of those fruits and their excellent action: > Ten-pala portions of the five pañcamūlas, > a thousand harītakī fruits, and three times as many fresh āmalakas; > vidārigandhā, bṛhatī, pṛśniparṇī, and nidigdhikā, > with śvadaṃṣṭrā as the fifth, should be known as the group beginning with vidārigandhā; > bilva, agnimantha, śyonāka, kāśmarya, and pāṭalā; > punarnavā, the two śūrpaparṇīs, balā, and eraṇḍa; > jīvaka, ṛṣabhaka, medā, jīvantī, with śatāvarī; > and the roots of śara, ikṣu, darbha, kāśa, and śāli; > thus of these five pañcamūlas one should take > the portions as stated; all that is to be boiled in tenfold water. > When reduced to a tenth part, one should take that strained decoction; > and all those harītakīs and all those āmalakas— > having pounded all those fruits freed of seeds with whisks > and mixed them into that decoction, one should add these powders: > of maṇḍūkaparṇī, pippalī, śaṅkhapuṣpī, and plava, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1.4) mustānāṃ saviḍaṅgānāṃ candanāguruṇostathā// madhukasya haridrāyā vacāyāḥ kanakasya ca/ bhāgāṃścatuṣpalān kṛtvā sūkṣmailāyāstvacastathā// sitopalāsahasraṃ ca cūrṇitaṃ tulayā 'adhikam/ tailasya dvyāḍhakaṃ tatra dadyāttrīṇi ca sarpiṣaḥ// sādhyamaudumbare pātre tat sarvaṃ mṛdunā 'agninā/ jñātvā &lehyamadagdhaṃ ca śītaṃ kṣaudreṇa saṃsṛjet// &\`lehamadagdhaṃ' iti pā-. kṣaudrapramāṇaṃ snehārdhaṃ tat sarvaṃ ghṛtabhājane/ tiṣṭhetsaṃmūrcchitaṃ tasya mātrāṃ kāle prayojayet// yā &noparundhyādāhāramekaṃ mātrā jarāṃ prati/ ṣaṣṭikaḥ payasā cātra jīrṇe bhojanamiṣyate// &\`-dāhāramevaṃ' iti pā-. vaikhānasā vālakhilyāstathā cānye tapodhanāḥ/ rasāyanamidaṃ &prāśya babhūvuramitāyuṣaḥ// &\`prāpya' iti pā-. muktvā jīrṇaṃ vapuścāgryamavāpustaruṇaṃ vayaḥ/ vītatandrāklamaśvāsā nirātaṅkāḥ samāhitāḥ// medhāsmṛtibalopetāścirarātraṃ tapodhanāḥ/ brāhmaṃ tapo brahmacaryaṃ ceruścātyantaniṣṭhayā// rasāyanamidaṃ brāhmāyuṣkāmaḥ prayojayet/ dīrghamāyurvayaścāgryāṃ kāmāṃśceṣṭān samaśnute// kāntaḥ prajānāṃ siddhārthaścandrādityasamadyutiḥ/ śrutaṃ dhārayate sattvamārṣaṃ cāsya pravartate// dharaṇīdharasāraśca vāyunā samavikramaḥ/ sa bhavatyaviṣaṃ cāsya gātre saṃpadyate viṣam// (iti dvitīyaṃ brāhmarasāyanam) bilvo 'agnimanthaḥ śyonākaḥ kāśmaryaḥ pāṭalirbalā/ parṇyaścatasraḥ pippalyaḥ śvadaṃṣṭrā bṛhatīdvayam// śṛṅgī tāmalakī drākṣā jīvantī puṣkarāguru/ abhayā cāmṛtā ṛddhirjīvakarṣabhakau śaṭī// mustaṃ punarnavā medā sailā candanamutpalam/ vidārī vṛṣamūlāni kākolī kākanāsikā// eṣāṃ palonmitān bhāgāṅchatānyāmalakasya ca/ > Taking four-pala parts each of mustā, viḍaṅga, candana, aguru, / madhuka, haridrā, vacā, and kanaka, / and likewise of small elā and tvac, / and a thousand \[palas\], plus one tulā, of powdered rock sugar; / one should add thereto two āḍhakas of oil and three of ghee. / All that should be cooked in an udumbara vessel over a gentle fire. / Knowing it to be a confection and unburnt, once cool, one should blend it with honey; / the measure of honey is half that of the unctuous substance. All that should sit integrated / in a ghee container. One should administer a dose of it at the appropriate time— / a dose that does not impede the morning meal, up to old age; / and here, when it is digested, ṣaṣṭika rice with milk is recommended as food. / The Vaikhānasa, the Vālakhilyas, and other ascetics, / having consumed this rasāyana, attained immeasurable lifespans. / Shedding their aged bodies, they attained foremost, youthful age; / freed from torpor, fatigue, and dyspnea, free from affliction, composed, / endowed with intellect, memory, and strength, those rich in austerity / practiced Brahma-like austerity and celibacy for a long duration with supreme devotion. / One desirous of Brahma-like longevity should use this rasāyana: / he attains long life, foremost youth, and desired pleasures. / Beloved of creatures, successful in purpose, having the brilliance of the sun and moon, / he retains what he has heard, and the mental nature of a ṛṣi arises in him; / he has the endurance of a mountain and a stride equal to the wind; / he becomes free from poison, and poison turns harmless in his body. / (Thus ends the second Brāhmarasāyana.) / Bilva, agnimantha, śyonāka, kāśmarya, pāṭali, balā, / the four parṇīs, pippalī, śvadaṃṣṭrā, the two bṛhatīs, / śṛṅgī, tāmalakī, drākṣā, jīvantī, puṣkara, aguru, / abhayā, amṛtā, ṛddhi, jīvaka, ṛṣabhaka, śaṭī, / musta, punarnavā, medā, elā, candana, utpala, / vidārī, roots of vṛṣa, kākolī, and kākanāsikā— / one-pala measures of each of these, and five hundred āmalakas— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1.5) pañca dadyāttadaikadhyaṃ jaladroṇe vipācayet// jñātvā gatarasānyetānyauṣadhānyatha taṃ rasam/ taccāmalakamuddhṛtya niṣkulaṃ tailasarpiṣoḥ// paladvādaśake bhṛṣṭvā dattvā cārdhatulāṃ bhiṣak/ matsyaṇḍikāyāḥ pūtāyā lehavatsādhu sādhayet// ṣaṭpalaṃ madhunaścātra siddhaśīte pradāpayet/ catuṣpalaṃ tugākṣīryāḥ pippalīdvipalaṃ tathā// palamekaṃ nidadhyācca tvagelāpatrakeśarāt/ ityayaṃ cyavanapraśaḥ paramukto rasāyanaḥ// kāsaśvāsaharaścaiva viśeṣeṇopadiśyate/ kṣīṇakṣatānāṃ vṛddhānāṃ bālānāṃ cāṅgavardhanaḥ// svarakṣayamurorogaṃ hṛdrogaṃ vātaśoṇitam/ pipāsāṃ mūtraśukrasthān doṣāṃścāpyapakarṣati// asya mātrāṃ prayuñjīta yoparundhyānna bhojanam/ asya prayogāccyavanaḥ suvṛddho 'abhūt punaryuvā// medhāṃ smṛtiṃ kāntimanāmayatvamāyuḥprakarṣaṃ balamindriyāṇām/ strīṣu praharṣaṃ paramagnivṛddhiṃ varṇaprasādaṃ pavanānulomyam// rasāyanasyāsya naraḥ prayogāllabheta jīrṇo 'api kuṭīpraveśāt/ jarākṛtaṃ rūpamapāsya sarvaṃ bibharti rūpaṃ navayauvanasya// na jarāṃ na ca daurbalyaṃ nāturyaṃ nidhanaṃ na ca/ jagmurvarṣasahasrāṇi rasāyanaparāḥ purā// na kevalaṃ dīrghamihāyuraśnute rasāyanaṃ yo vidhivanniṣevate/ gatiṃ sa devarṣiniṣevitāṃ śubhāṃ prapadyate brahma tatheti &cākṣayam// &\`cākṣaram' iti pā-. abhayāmalakīye 'asmin ṣaḍyogāḥ parikīrtitāḥ/ rasāyanānāṃ siddhānāmāyuryairanuvartate// > one should combine these and boil them together in a droṇa of water. / Knowing that these medicinal herbs have lost their essence, one extracts that decoction / and those āmalakas; and having removed the stones, after frying them / in twelve palas of oil and ghee, and adding half a tulā / of strained sugar crystals, the physician should cook it well into a confection. / And here, when cooked and cooled, he should add six palas of honey, / four palas of tugākṣīrī, and two palas of pippalī, / and he should deposit one pala each of tvac, elā, patra, and keśara. / This is called Cyavanaprāśa, the supreme rasāyana. / It is specifically taught as a cure for cough and dyspnea; / it promotes bodily growth in the emaciated, the chest-wounded, the aged, and children; / and it removes hoarseness, chest disease, heart disease, vātaśoṇita, / thirst, and the disorders situated in the urine and semen. / One should employ a dose of this that does not impede eating. / By the use of this, Cyavana, though very aged, became young once more. / Intellect, memory, radiance, freedom from disease, longevity, strength of the sense faculties, / great delight in women, supreme enhancement of the digestive fire, clarity of complexion, and natural downward movement of wind: / a person can obtain these through the use of this rasāyana even if aged, through kuṭīprāveśika method; / casting off all the appearance produced by old age, he bears the form of fresh youth. / Neither old age, nor debility, nor sickness, nor death / did they meet for thousands of years, those intent on rasāyana in ancient times. / Not only does one who consumes rasāyana according to rule attain long life here, / but he also reaches the auspicious state frequented by divine seers, and likewise the imperishable Brahman. / In this chapter on abhayā and āmalakī, six formulations / of proven rasāyanas have been proclaimed, by which life is sustained. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_1) athāto 'abhayāmalakīyaṃ rasāyanapādaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ// > Now, therefore, we shall explain the quarter on rasāyana concerning abhayā and āmalakī. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_2) iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ// > Thus spoke the venerable Ātreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_1_2) (iti brāhmarasāyanam) > (Thus ends the Brāhmarasāyana.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_3) yathoktaguṇānāmāmalakānāṃ sahasraṃ piṣṭasvedanavidhinā payasa ūṣmaṇā susvinnamanātapaśuṣkamanasthi cūrṇayet/ > One should take a thousand āmalakas possessing the stated qualities, steam them thoroughly by the steam of milk according to the method for steaming flour, dry them in the shade, and powder them without seeds. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_1\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_1_3) tadāmalakasahasrasvarasaparipītaṃ sthirāpunarnavājīvantīnāgabalābrahmasuvarcalāmaṇḍūkaparṇīśatāvarīśaṅkhapuṣpīpippalīvacāviḍaṅgasvayaṅguptāmṛtācandanāgurumadhukamadhūkapuṣpotpalapadmamālatīyuvatīyūthikācūrṇāṣṭabhāgasaṃyuktaṃ punarnāgabalāsahasrapalasvarasaparipītamanātapaśuṣkaṃ dviguṇitasarpiṣā kṣaudrasarpiṣā vā kṣudraguḍākṛtiṃ kṛtvā śucau dṛḍhe ghṛtabhāvite kumbhe bhasmarāśeradhaḥ sthāpayedantarbhūmeḥ pakṣaṃ kṛtarakṣāvidhānamatharvavedavidā, pakṣātyaye coddhṛtya kanakarajatatāmrapravālakālāyasacūrṇāṣṭabhāgasaṃyuktamardhakarṣavṛddhyā yathoktena vidhinā prātaḥ prātaḥ prayuñjāno 'agnibalamabhisamīkṣya, jīrṇe ca ṣaṣṭikaṃ payasā sasarpiṣkamupasevamāno yathoktān guṇān samaśnuta iti// > That \[powder\] is soaked with the fresh juice of a thousand āmalakas, mixed with an eighth-part of powder of sthirā, punarnavā, jīvantī, nāgabalā, brahmasuvarcalā, maṇḍūkaparṇī, śatāvarī, śaṅkhapuṣpī, pippalī, vacā, viḍaṅga, svayaṅguptā, amṛtā, candana, aguru, madhuka, madhūka flowers, utpala, padma, mālatī, yuvatī, and yūthikā, soaked again with the fresh juice of a thousand palas of nāgabalā, dried in the shade, formed into small ball shapes with twice the amount of ghee, or with honey and ghee, and placed in a clean, strong jar steeped in ghee beneath a heap of ashes underground for a fortnight, after protection rites have been performed by a knower of the Atharvaveda; and at the end of the fortnight, having taken it out, mixed it with an eighth-part of powder of gold, silver, copper, coral, and iron, and using it morning after morning according to the stated procedure, increasing by half a karṣa, having considered the strength of the digestive fire; and when it is digested, consuming ṣaṣṭika rice with milk and ghee, he attains the stated virtues. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_4) bhavanti cātra--- > And on this point there are \[verses\]— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_1\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_1_4) idaṃ rasāyanaṃ brāhmaṃ maharṣigaṇasevitam/ bhavatyarogo dīrghāyuḥ prayuñjāno mahābalaḥ// > This is the Brāhmarasāyana, resorted to by hosts of great seers; / the user becomes free from disease, long-lived, and endowed with great strength. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_1\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_1_5) (iti cyavanaprāśaḥ/) > (Thus ends Cyavanaprāśa.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_5) athāmalakaharītakīnāmāmalakabibhītakānāṃ harītakībibhītakānāmāmalakaharītakībibhītakānāṃ vā palāśatvagavanaddhānāṃ mṛdā 'avaliptānāṃ kukūlasvinnānāmakulakānāṃ palasahasramulūkhale saṃpothya dadhighṛtamadhupalalatailaśarkarāsaṃyuktaṃ bhakṣayedanannabhugyathoktena vidhinā; tasyānte yavāgvādibhiḥ pratyavasthāpanam abhyaṅgotsādanaṃ sarpiṣā yavacūrṇaiśca, ayaṃ ca rasāyanaprayogaprakarṣo dvistāvadagnibalamabhisamīkṣya, pratibhojanaṃ yūṣeṇa payasā vā ṣaṣṭikaḥ sasarpiṣkaḥ, ataḥ paraṃ yathāsukhavihāraḥ kāmabhakṣyaḥ syāt/ > Now, taking one thousand palas of seedless āmalakas and harītakīs, or āmalakas and bibhītakas, or harītakīs and bibhītakas, or āmalakas, harītakīs, and bibhītakas, wrapped in palāśa bark, coated with clay, and steamed in chaff fire, one should pound them in a mortar and eat them without taking any other food according to the stated procedure, mixed with curd, ghee, honey, sesamum paste, oil, and sugar. At the conclusion thereof, restoration is made by gruels and the like, with inunction and massage using ghee and barley flour; and this course of rasāyana administration may be extended to twice that length, having considered the strength of the digestive fire; the subsequent meal consists of ṣaṣṭika rice with soup or milk, accompanied by ghee; from then on, he may conduct himself as he pleases, eating whatever he desires. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_1\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_1_6) anena prayogeṇarṣayaḥ punaryuvatvamavāpurbabhūvuścānekavarṣaśatajīvino nirvikārāḥ paraṃ śarīrabuddhīndriyabalasamuditāśceruścātyantaniṣṭhayā tapaḥ// > By this regimen, the seers regained youth, lived for many hundreds of years free from afflictions, became endowed with supreme strength of body, intellect, and sense faculties, and practiced austerity with utmost dedication. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_2_2) (iti caturthāmalakarasāyanam/) > (Thus ends the fourth Āmalakarasāyana.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_6) harītakyāmalakabibhītakapañcapañcamūlaniryūhe pippalīmadhukamadhūkakākolīkṣīrakākolyātmaguptājīvakarṣabhakakṣīraśuklākalkasaṃprayuktena vidārīsvarasena kṣīrāṣṭaguṇasaṃprayuktena ca sarpiṣaḥ kumbhaṃ sādhayitvā &prayuñjāno 'agnibalasamāṃ mātrāṃ jīrṇe ca kṣīrasarpirbhyāṃ śāliṣaṣṭikamuṣṇodakānupānamaśnañjarāvyādhipāpābhicāravyapagatabhayaḥ śarīrendriyabuddhibalamatulamupalabhyāpratihatasarvārambhaḥ paramāyuranavāpnuyāt// > Having prepared a jar of ghee in a decoction of harītakī, āmalakī, bibhītaka, and the five pañcamūlas, along with a paste of pippalī, madhuka, madhūka, kākolī, kṣīrakākolī, ātmaguptā, jīvaka, ṛṣabhaka, and kṣīraśuklā, together with juice of vidārī and eight times as much milk, one taking a dose commensurate with the strength of one's digestive fire, and upon its digestion eating śāli or ṣaṣṭika rice with milk and ghee followed by a drink of warm water, free from the fear of old age, disease, evil, and sorcery, obtaining matchless strength of body, sense faculties, and intellect, and unhindered in all undertakings, attains the highest span of life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_1\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_1_7) &\`prayuñjītāgnibalaṃ samavekṣya, jīrṇe ca' iti pā-. (iti pañcamo harītakīyogaḥ/) > Variant reading: "one should employ it after observing the strength of the digestive fire, and upon its digestion...". (Thus ends the fifth harītakī formulation.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_7) harītakyāmalakabibhītakaharidrāsthirā-&balāviḍaṅgāmṛtavallīviśvabheṣajamadhukapippalīsomavalkasiddhena kṣīrasarpiṣā madhuśarkarābhyāmapi ca sannīyāmalakasvarasaśataparipītamāmalakacūrṇamayaścūrṇacaturbhāgasaṃprayuktaṃ pāṇitalamātraṃ pāṇitalamātraṃ prātaḥ prātaḥ prāśya yathoktena vidhinā sāyaṃ mudgayūṣeṇa payasā vā sasarpiṣkaṃ śāliṣaṣṭikānnamaśnīyāt, trivarṣaprayogādasya varṣaśatamajaraṃ vayastiṣṭhiti, śrutamavatiṣṭhate, sarvāmayāḥ praśāmyanti, viṣamaviṣaṃ bhavati gātre, gātramaśmavat sthirībhavati, adhṛṣyo bhūtānāṃ bhavati// > Having mixed āmalakī powder that has absorbed one hundred times \[its volume of\] fresh juice of āmalakī and is combined with one-fourth part of iron powder, with milk-ghee prepared with harītakī, āmalakī, bibhītaka, haridrā, sthirā, balā, viḍaṅga, amṛtavallī, viśvabheṣaja, madhuka, pippalī, and somavalka, and also with honey and sugar, one should consume a palmful each morning according to the stated procedure; in the evening, one should eat food of śāli or ṣaṣṭika rice with mudga soup or with milk, along with ghee. From three years' use of this, one's age remains free from decay for a hundred years, what was heard is retained, all diseases subside, poison becomes harmless in the body, the body becomes as firm as stone, and one becomes unassailable by bhūtas. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_1\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_1_8) &\`-vācā-' iti pā-. > Variant reading: "-vācā-" \[for "-bācā-" / "-bāla-"\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_8) bhavanti cātra--- > And on this point there is: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_1\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_1_9) yathā 'amarāṇāmamṛtaṃ yathā bhogavatāṃ sudhā/ tathā 'abhavanmaharṣīṇāṃ rasāyanavidhiḥ purā// > Just as ambrosia is to the immortals, just as nectar is to the serpent-dwellers of Bhogavatī, > so formerly was the procedure of rasāyana to the great seers. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_1\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_1_10) tatra ślokaḥ--- > Here is a summary verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.1\_1\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.1_1_11) ityagniveśakṛte tantre carakapratisaṃskṛte cikitsāsthāne rasāyanādhyāye 'abhayāmalakīyo nāma rasāyanapādaḥ prathamaḥ//1// > Thus ends the first quarter on rasāyana, named Abhayāmalakīya, in the chapter on rasāyana in the Cikitsāsthāna, in the treatise composed by Agniveśa and redacted by Caraka. //1 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2) athātaḥ prāṇakāmīyaṃ rasāyanapādaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ// balaṃ mahadvarṇaviśuddhiragryā svaro ghanaughastanitānukārī/ bhavatyapatyaṃ vipulaṃ sthiraṃ ca samaśnato yogamimaṃ narasya// ete daśavidhāstveṣāṃ prayogāḥ parikīrtitāḥ/ rogaprakṛtisātmyajñastān prayogān prakalpayet// kaphajo na sa rogo 'asti na vibandho 'asti kaścana/ yaṃ na bhallātakaṃ hanyācchīghraṃ medhāgnivardhanam// > Now we shall expound the quarter on rasāyana dealing with the desire for vital breath. > Great strength, foremost purity of complexion, and a voice resembling the rumble of a gathering cloud, > and abundant, steadfast offspring belong to a man who consumes this formulation. > These have been declared as tenfold methods of administration; > one knowing the nature of diseases and constitutional suitability should prescribe those applications. > There is no kapha-born disease, nor is there any constipation, > that bhallātaka does not quickly destroy, increasing intellect and digestive fire. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_2) iti ha smāha bhagavānātreyaḥ// > Thus spoke the venerable Ātreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_3) prāṇakāmaḥ śuśrūṣadhvamidamucyamānamamṛtamivāparamaditisutahitakaramacintyādbhutaprabhāvamāyuṣyamārogyakaraṃ vayasaḥ sthāpanaṃ nidrātandrāśramaklamālasyadaurbalyāpaharamanilakaphapittasāmyakaraṃ sthairyakaramabaddhamāṃsaharamantaragnisandhukṣaṇaṃ pramāvarṇasvarottamakaraṃ rasāyanavidhānam/ > "Desiring vital breath, listen to this procedure of rasāyana being declared, which is like another ambrosia beneficial to the sons of Aditi, possessing unthinkable and wondrous efficacy, promoting longevity and health, arresting aging, dispelling sleep, drowsiness, exhaustion, fatigue, indolence, and weakness, balancing vāta, kapha, and pitta, bestowing firmness, removing uncompacted flesh, kindling the internal digestive fire, and granting the best luster, complexion, and voice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1) anena cyavanādayo maharṣayaḥ punaryuvatvamāpurnārīṇāṃ ceṣṭatamā babhūvuḥ, sthirasamasuvibhaktamāṃsāḥ, susaṃhatasthiraśarīrāḥ, suprasannabalavarṇendriyāḥ, sarvatrāpratihataparākramāḥ, kleśasahāśca/ > By this, Cyavana and other great seers regained their youth and became most beloved of women, with firm, even, and well-divided flesh, well-knit and steadfast bodies, well-clarified senses, strength, and complexion, unhindered prowess everywhere, and enduring hardship. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_2\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_2_2) sarve śarīradoṣā bhavanti grāmyāhārādamlalavaṇakaṭukakṣāraśuṣkaśāka-&māṃsatilapalalapiṣṭānnabhojināṃ virūḍhanavaśūkaśamīdhānyaviruddhāsātmyarūkṣakṣārābhiṣyandibhojināṃ klinnagurupūtiparyuṣitabhojināṃ viṣamādhyaśanaprāyāṇāṃ divāsvapnastrīmadyanityānāṃ viṣamātimātravyāyāmasaṃkṣobhitaśarīrāṇāṃ bhayakrodhaśokalobhamohāyāsabahulānām; &&atonimittaṃ hi śithilībhavanti māṃsāni, vimucyante sandhayaḥ, vidahyate raktaṃ, viṣyandate cānalpaṃ medaḥ, na sandhīyate 'asthiṣu majjā, śukraṃ na pravartate, kṣayamupaityojaḥ; sa evaṃbhūto glāyati, sīdati, nidrātandrālasyasamanvito nirutsāhaḥ śvasiti, asamarthaśceṣṭānāṃ śārīramānasīnāṃ, naṣṭasmṛtibuddhicchāyo rogāṇāmadhiṣṭhānabhūto na sarvamāyuravāpnoti/ > All bodily doṣas arise from rustic diet in those who consume sour, salty, pungent, alkaline, dried vegetables, meat, sesamum, sesamum paste, and flour dishes; who consume sprouted grains, new awned grains, legumes, mutually contradictory, unwholesome, dry, alkaline, and channel-clogging foods; who consume sodden, heavy, putrid, and stale food; who mostly eat irregular meals or overeat; who indulge constantly in day-sleep, women, and alcohol; whose bodies are agitated by irregular and excessive exercise; and who abound in fear, anger, grief, greed, delusion, and weariness. For due to this cause, the flesh becomes loose, the joints are loosened, the blood burns, fat exudes in no small measure, marrow does not unite in the bones, semen does not flow forth, and ojas undergoes depletion. Such a one wastes away, sinks, becomes overcome with sleep, drowsiness, and indolence, sighs without enthusiasm, becomes incapable of bodily and mental actions, loses memory, intellect, and luster, becomes a vessel of diseases, and does not reach the full span of life. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_3\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_3_2) tasmādetān doṣānavekṣamāṇaḥ sarvān yathoktānahitānapāsyāhāravihārān rasāyanāni prayoktumarhatītyuktvā bhagavān punarvasurātreya uvāca---// > Therefore, observing these defects, abandoning all the unwholesome food and conduct as described, one is fit to employ rasāyanas." Having spoken thus, the venerable Punarvasu Ātreya said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_4) &\`māṣa' iti pā-. &&\`ato nimittāddhi' iti pa-. > Variant readings: "māṣa-" \[for "māṃsa-"\]; "ato nimittāddhi" \[for "atonimittaṃ hi"\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_5) āmalakānāṃ subhūmijānāṃ kālajānāmanupahatagandhavarṇarasānāmāpūrṇarasapramāṇavīryāṇāṃ svarasena punarnavākalkapādasaṃprayuktena sarpiṣaḥ sādhayedāḍhakam, ataḥ paraṃ vidārīsvarasena jīvantīkalkasaṃprayuktena, ataḥ paraṃ caturguṇena payasā balātibalākaṣāyeṇa śatāvarīkalkasaṃyuktena; anena krameṇaikaikaṃ śatapākaṃ sahasrapākaṃ vā śarkarākṣaudracaturbhāgasaṃprayuktaṃ sauvarṇe rājate mārtike vā śucau dṛḍhe ghṛtabhāvite kumbhe sthāpayet; tadyathoktena vidhinā yathāgni prātaḥ prātaḥ prayojayet, jīrṇe ca kṣīrasarpirbhyāṃ śāliṣaṣṭikamaśnīyāt/ > One should prepare an āḍhaka of ghee with the fresh juice of āmalakīs grown in good soil, gathered in season, undamaged in smell, color, and taste, and full of juice, size, and potency, along with one-fourth part paste of punarnavā; next, with fresh juice of vidārī along with a paste of jīvantī; next, with four times as much milk and a decoction of balā and atibalā along with a paste of śatāvarī. Following this order, one should cook it a hundred times or a thousand times, and combine it with one-fourth part sugar and honey, placing it in a clean, strong golden, silver, or earthen jar seasoned with ghee. One should take it every morning according to the stated procedure, commensurate with one's digestive fire; and upon its digestion, one should eat śāli or ṣaṣṭika rice with milk and ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_2) asya prayogādvarṣaśataṃ vayo 'ajaraṃ tiṣṭhati, śrutamavatiṣṭhate, sarvāmayāḥ praśāmyanti, apratihatagatiḥ strīṣu, apatyavān bhavatīti// > From the use of this, one's age remains free from decay for a hundred years, what was heard is retained, all diseases subside, one's vigor with women is unhindered, and one becomes endowed with offspring. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_6) bhavataścātra--- > And on this point there are two verses: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_3) bṛhaccharīraṃ girisārasāraṃ sthirendriyaṃ cātibalendriyaṃ ca/ adhṛṣyamanyairatikāntarūpaṃ praśastipūjāsukhacittabhāk ca// > One possesses a large body with the strength of the essence of mountains, firm faculties and exceedingly powerful sense faculties, > unassailable by others, of exceedingly lovely appearance, and endowed with praise, worship, happiness, and peace of mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_4) (ityāmalakaghṛtam/) > (Thus ends the Āmalaka Ghee.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_7) āmalakasahasraṃ pippalīsahasrasaṃprayuktaṃ palāśataruṇakṣārodakottaraṃ tiṣṭhet, tadanugatakṣārodakamanātapaśuṣkamanasthi cūrṇīkṛtaṃ caturguṇābhyāṃ madhusarpirbhyāṃ saṃnīya śarkarācūrṇacaturbhāgasaṃprayuktaṃ ghṛtabhājanasthaṃ ṣaṇmāsān sthāpayedantarbhūmeḥ/ > One thousand āmalakas combined with one thousand pippalīs should sit covered with an alkaline water of young palāśa. That \[mixture\], having absorbed the alkaline water, dried in the shade, seedless, and reduced to powder, should be mixed with four times as much honey and ghee and combined with one-fourth part sugar powder; placed in a ghee container, one should keep it underground for six months. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_5) tasyottarakālamagnibalasamāṃ mātrāṃ khādet, paurvāhṇikaḥ prayogo nāparāhṇikaḥ, sātmyāpekṣaścāhāravidhiḥ/ > After that period, one should eat a dose commensurate with the strength of the digestive fire; the intake is in the morning, not in the afternoon, and the dietary regimen is observed according to constitutional suitability. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_2\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_2_3) asya prayogādvarṣaśatamajaraṃ vayastiṣṭhatīti samānaṃ pūrveṇa// > From the use of this, one's age remains free from decay for a hundred years, \[and the rest is\] identical to the previous \[formulation\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_3\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_3_3) (ityāmalakāvalehaḥ/) > (Thus ends the Āmalaka Electuary.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_8) āmalakacūrṇāḍhakamekaviṃśatirātramāmalakasvarasaparipītaṃ madhughṛtāḍhakābhyāṃ dvābhyāmekīkṛtamaṣṭabhāgapippalīkaṃ śarkarācūrṇacaturbhāgasaṃprayuktaṃ ghṛtabhājanasthaṃ prāvṛṣi bhasmarāśau nidadhyāt; tadvarṣānte sātmyapathyāśī prayojayet; asya prayogādvarṣaśatamajaramāyustiṣṭhatīti samānaṃ pūrveṇa// > One āḍhaka of powder of āmalakī, soaked for twenty-one nights in fresh juice of āmalakī, mixed together with two āḍhakas of honey and ghee, with one eighth part of pippalī, and combined with one fourth part of powdered sugar, kept in a vessel of ghee, should be placed in a heap of ashes during the rainy season; at the end of the rainy season, eating wholesome and suitable food, one should administer it; from the use of this, one's lifespan remains free from decay for a hundred years, \[and the rest is\] identical to the previous \[formulation\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_6) (ityāmalakacūrṇam/) > (Thus ends the Powder of Āmalakī.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_9) viḍaṅgataṇḍulacūrṇānāmāḍhakamāḍhakaṃ pippalītaṇḍulānāmadhyardhāḍhakaṃ sitopalāyāḥ sarpistailamadhvāḍhakaiḥ ṣaḍbhirekīkṛtaṃ ghṛtabhājanasthaṃ prāvṛṣi bhasmarāśāviti sarvaṃ samānaṃ pūrveṇa yāvadāśīḥ// > One āḍhaka of viḍaṅga grain powder, one āḍhaka of pippalī grain powder, one and a half āḍhakas of rock sugar, combined with six āḍhakas of ghee, oil, and honey, kept in a vessel of ghee, placed in a heap of ashes during the rainy season—thus all is identical to the previous \[formulation\], up to the benediction. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_7) (iti viḍaṅgāvalehaḥ/) > (Thus ends the Viḍaṅga Electuary.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_10) yathoktaguṇānāmāmalakānāṃ sahasramārdrapalāśadroṇyāṃ sapidhānāyāṃ bāṣpamanudvamantyāmāraṇyagomayāgnibhirupasvedayet, tāni susvinnaśītānyuddhṛtakulakānyāpothyāḍhakena pippalīcūrṇānāmāḍhakena ca viḍaṅgataṇḍulacūrṇānāmadhyardhena cāḍhakena śarkarāyā dvābhyāṃ dvābhyāmāḍhakābhyāṃ tailasya madhunaḥ sarpiṣaśca saṃyojya śucau dṛḍhe ghṛtabhānite kumbhe sthāpayedekaviṃśatirātram, ata ūrdhvaṃ prayogaḥ; asya prayogādvarṣaśatamajaramāyustiṣṭhatīti samānaṃ pūrveṇa// > One should steam a thousand āmalakīs possessing the qualities previously described in a fresh palāśa trough having a lid, which does not emit steam, over fires of wild cow-dung; when they are well-steamed and cooled, their stones removed, and crushed, one should combine them with an āḍhaka of powder of pippalī, an āḍhaka of powder of viḍaṅga grains, one and a half āḍhakas of sugar, and two āḍhakas each of oil, honey, and ghee, and place \[the mixture\] in a clean, strong jar smeared with ghee for twenty-one nights; thereafter is the administration; from the use of this, one's lifespan remains free from decay for a hundred years, \[and the rest is\] identical to the previous \[formulation\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_8) (ityāmalakāvaleho 'aparaḥ/) > (Thus ends the other Āmalaka Electuary.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_11) dhanvani kuśāstīrṇe snigdhakuṣṇamadhuramṛttike suvarṇavarṇamṛttike vā vyapagataviṣaśvāpadapavanasalilāgnidoṣe karṣaṇavalmīkaśmaśānacaityoṣarāvasathavarjite deśe yathartusukhapavanasalilādityasevite jātānyanupahatānyanadhyārūḍhānyabālānyajīrṇānyadhigatavīryāṇi śīrṇapurāṇaparṇāny-&asaṃjātānyaparṇāni tapasi tapasye vā māse śuciḥ prayataḥ kṛtadevārcanaḥ svasti vācayitvā dvijātīn &&cale sumuhūrte nāgabalāmūlānyuddharet, teṣāṃ suprakṣālitānāṃ tvakpiṇḍamāmramātramakṣamātraṃ vā ślakṣṇapiṣṭamāloḍya payasā prātaḥ prayojayet, cūrṇīkṛtāni vā pibet payasā, madhusarpirbhyāṃ vā saṃyojya bhakṣayet, jīrṇe ca &&&kṣīrasarpirbhyāṃ śāliṣaṣṭikamaśnīyāt/ > In a desert tract strewn with kuśa grass, having unctuous, black, sweet soil, or soil of golden colour, devoid of the defects of poison, wild beasts, wind, water, and fire, in a place free from cultivation, ant-hills, cremation grounds, sanctuaries, saline soil, and human dwellings, visited in accordance with the seasons by pleasant wind, water, and sun—\[from plants\] grown there, uninjured, free from parasites, neither young nor decrepit, endowed with potency, whose old leaves have fallen off, and new leaves have not yet emerged, in the month of Tapas or Tapasya, being pure, disciplined, having performed the worship of deities, having caused twice-born men to recite blessings, at an auspicious moment \[…\], one should dig up roots of nāgabalā; having washed them thoroughly, one should stir a lump of bark of the size of an āamra or of an akṣa, finely pounded, with milk, and administer it in the morning; or one should drink them powdered with milk, or consume them mixed with honey and ghee; and when it is digested, one should eat śāli or ṣaṣṭika rice with milk and ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_9) saṃvatsaraprayogādasya varṣaśatamajaraṃ vayastiṣṭhatīti samānaṃ pūrveṇa// > From its administration for one year, one's age remains free from decay for a hundred years, \[and the rest is\] identical to the previous \[formulation\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_2\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_2_4) &\`asañjātaphalāni' iti pā-. &&gaṅgādharas tu \`bale muhūrte' iti paṭhitvā \`balavati sumuhūrte' iti vyākhyām ayati. &&&\`payasā sasarpiṣkaṃ' iti pā-. (iti nāgabalārasāyanam/) > & Variant reading: 'asañjātaphalāni' (fruits not yet emerged). && Gaṅgādhara, however, reads 'bale muhūrte' and explains it as 'balavati sumuhūrte' (at a strong, auspicious moment). &&& Variant reading: 'payasā sasarpiṣkaṃ' (with milk accompanied by ghee). (Thus ends the Nāgabalā Rejuvenative.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_12) balātibalācandanāgurudhavatiniśakhadiraśiṃśapāsanasvarasāḥ punarnavāntāścauṣadhayo &daśa nāgabalayā vyākhyātāḥ/ > The fresh juices of balā, atibalā, candana, aguru, dhava, tiniśa, khadira, śiṃśapā, and asana, and the ten drugs ending with punarnavā, are explained according to the method of nāgabalā. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_10) svarasānāmalābhe tvayaṃ svarasavidhiḥ---cūrṇānāmāḍhakamāḍhakamudakasyāhorātrasthitaṃ mṛditapūtaṃ svarasavat prayojyam// > In the absence of fresh juices, however, this is the rule for fresh juices: one āḍhaka of powder standing in one āḍhaka of water for a day and night, rubbed and strained, is to be used like fresh juice. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_2\_5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_2_5) &\`daśa yā vayaḥ sthāpanā vyākhyātāstāsāṃ svarasā nāgabalāvat' iti pā-. > & Variant reading: 'daśa yā vayaḥ sthāpanā vyākhyātāstāsāṃ svarasā nāgabalāvat' (the fresh juices of the ten that are explained as age-stabilisers are like nāgabalā). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_13) bhallātakānyanupahatānyanāmayānyāpūrṇarasapramāṇavīryāṇi pakvajāmbavaprakāśāni śucau śukre vā māse saṃgṛhya yavapalle māṣapalle vā nidhāpayet, tāni caturmāsasthitāni sahasi sahasye vā māse prayoktumārabheta śītasnigdhamadhuropaskṛtaśarīraḥ/ > Uninjured, disease-free bhallātakas, filled with taste, size, and potency, resembling ripe rose apples, having gathered them in the month of Śuci or Śukra, one should deposit them in a heap of barley or a heap of māṣa; having kept them for four months, one should begin to administer them in the month of Sahas or Sahasya, one's body prepared with cold, unctuous, and sweet \[substances\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_11) pūrvaṃ daśabhallātakānyāpothyāṣṭaguṇenāmbhasā sādhu sādhayet, teṣāṃ rasamaṣṭabhāgāvaśeṣaṃ pūtaṃ sapayaskaṃ pibet sarpiṣā 'antarmukhamabhyajya/ > First, having crushed ten bhallātakas, one should boil them thoroughly with eight times their volume of water; their decoction reduced to an eighth part and strained, one should drink with milk, having anointed the inside of the mouth with ghee. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_2\_6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_2_6) tānyekaikabhallātakotkarṣāpakarṣeṇa daśabhallātakānyātriṃśataḥ prayojyāni, nātaḥ paramutkarṣaḥ/ > By increasing and decreasing by one bhallātaka each, they are to be administered from ten bhallātakas up to thirty; beyond this there is no increase. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_3\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_3_4) prayogavidhānena sahasrapara eva bhallātakaprayogaḥ/ > According to the rule of administration, the regimen of bhallātaka has a limit of one thousand only. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_4\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_4_2) jīrṇe ca sasarpiṣā payasā śāliṣaṣṭikāśanamupacāraḥ, prayogānte ca dvistāvat payasaivopacāraḥ/ > And when it is digested, the aftercare is eating śāli or ṣaṣṭika rice with milk accompanied by ghee; and at the end of the regimen, the aftercare is with milk alone for twice that period. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_5\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_5_2) tatprayogādvarṣaśatamajaraṃ vayastiṣṭhatīti samānaṃ pūrveṇa// > From the use of this, one's age remains free from decay for a hundred years, \[and the rest is\] identical to the previous \[formulation\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_6\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_6_2) (iti bhallātakakṣīram/) > (Thus ends Bhallātaka Milk.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_14) bhallātakānāṃ jarjarīkṛtānāṃ piṣṭasvedanaṃ pūrayitvā bhūmāvākaṇṭhaṃ nikhātasya snehabhāvitasya dṛḍhasyopari kumbhasyāropyoḍupenāpidhāya kṛṣṇamṛttikāvaliptaṃ gomayāgnibhirupasvedayet; teṣāṃ yaḥ svarasaḥ kumbhaṃ prapadyeta, tamaṣṭabhāgamadhusaṃprayuktaṃ dviguṇaghṛtamadyāt; tatprayogādvarṣaśatamajaraṃ vayastiṣṭhatīti samanaṃ pūrveṇa// > Having filled a dough-steaming vessel with crushed bhallātakas, having mounted it on top of a strong jar smeared with unctuous substance and buried in the earth up to its neck, having covered it with a lid and coated it with black clay, one should steam it with fires of cow-dung; whatever juice of theirs falls into the jar, one should consume it, combined with one eighth part of honey and twice as much ghee; from the use of this, one's age remains free from decay for a hundred years, \[and the rest is\] identical to the previous \[formulation\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_12) (iti bhallātakakṣaudram/) > (Thus ends Bhallātaka Honey-Electuary.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_15) bhallātakatailapātraṃ sapayaskaṃ madhukena kalkenākṣamātreṇa śatapākaṃ kuryāditi samānaṃ pūrveṇa// > One pātra of bhallātaka oil with milk, with paste of madhuka to the measure of an akṣa, one should cook a hundred times; \[and the rest is\] identical to the previous \[formulation\]. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_13) (iti bhallātakatailam/) > (Thus ends Bhallātaka Oil.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_16) &bhallātakasarpiḥ, bhallātakakṣīraṃ, bhallātakakṣaudraṃ, guḍabhallātakaṃ, bhallātakayūṣaḥ, bhallātakatailaṃ, bhallātakapalalaṃ, bhallātakasaktavaḥ, bhallātakalavaṇaṃ, bhallātakatarpaṇam, iti bhallātakavidhānamuktaṃ bhavati// > Bhallātaka ghee, bhallātaka milk, bhallātaka honey-electuary, bhallātaka jaggery, bhallātaka soup, bhallātaka oil, bhallātaka sesamum paste, bhallātaka parched grain flour, bhallātaka salt, bhallātaka soothing drink—thus the tenfold regimen of bhallātaka has been stated. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_14) &yogīndranāthasenas tu \`evaṃ guḍabhallātakaṃ, bhallātakayūṣo, bhallātakasarpiḥ, bhallātakapalalaṃ' ity ādi pāṭhaṃ paṭhati. > & Yogīndranātha Sena, however, reads the text as: 'evaṃ guḍabhallātakaṃ, bhallātakayūṣo, bhallātakasarpiḥ, bhallātakapalalaṃ' and so forth. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_17) bhavanti cātra--- > And on this there are \[verses\]— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_15) bhallātakāni tīkṣṇāni pākīnyagnisamāni ca/ bhavantyamṛtakalpāni prayuktāni yathāvidhi// > Bhallātakas are sharp, burning, and equal to fire; > they become like nectar when administered according to rule. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_16) (iti bhallātakavidhiḥ/) > (Thus ends the regimen of Bhallātaka.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_18) prāṇakāmāḥ purā jīrṇāścyavanādyā maharṣayaḥ/ > In ancient times, the great sages beginning with Cyavana, desirous of vital breath and decrepit, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_17) rasāyanaiḥ śivairetairbabhūvuramitāyuṣaḥ// > became possessed of immeasurable lifespan through these auspicious rejuvenatives; > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_19) &brāhmaṃ tapo brāhmacaryamadhyātmadhyānameva ca/ > having gathered at will sacred asceticism, celibacy, and meditation on the supreme self, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_18) dīrghāyuṣo yathākāmaṃ saṃbhṛtya tridivaṃ gatāḥ// > having long lives, they went to heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_2\_7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_2_7) &\`jñānaṃ' iti pā-. > & Variant reading: 'jñānaṃ' (knowledge). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_20) tasmādāyuḥprakarṣārthaṃ prāṇakāmaiḥ sukhārthibhiḥ/ > Therefore, for the sake of extending lifespan, by those desirous of vital breath and seeking happiness, > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_19) rasāyanavidhiḥ sevyo vidhivatsusamāhitaiḥ// > the regimen of rejuvenatives should be resorted to according to rule, with a well-composed mind. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_21) tatra ślokaḥ--- > Here is a summary verse— > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_1\_20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_1_20) rasāyanānāṃ saṃyogāḥ siddhā bhūtahitaiṣiṇā/ nirdiṣṭāḥ prāṇakāmīye saptatriṃśanmaharṣiṇā// > Thirty-seven perfected combinations of rejuvenatives > have been taught by the great sage seeking the welfare of beings in the \[quarter on\] Desirous of Vital Breath. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.2\_2\_8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.2_2_8) ityagniveśakṛte tantre carakapratisaṃskṛte cikitsāsthāne rasāyanādhyāye prāṇakāmīyo nāma rasāyanapādo dvitīyaḥ//2// > Thus, in the treatise composed by Agniveśa, redacted by Caraka, in the section on therapeutics, in the chapter on rejuvenatives, the second quarter of rejuvenatives named Desirous of Vital Breath \[is completed\]. //2 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.3.1) athātaḥ karapracitīyaṃ rasāyanapādaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ// prayujya prayatā muktāḥ śramavyādhijarābhayāt/ yāvadaicchaṃstapastepustatprabhāvānmahābalāḥ// idaṃ rasāyanaṃ cakre brahmā vārṣasahasrikam/ jarāvyādhipraśamanaṃ buddhīndriyabalapradam// (ityāmalakāyasaṃ brāhmarasāyanam/) tapasā brahmacaryeṇa dhyānena praśamena ca/ rasāyanavidhānena kālayuktena cāyuṣā// sthitā maharṣayaḥ pūrvaṃ, nahi kiñcidrasāyanam/ grāmyānāmanyakāryāṇāṃ sidhyatyaprayatātmanām// saṃvatsaraṃ payovṛttirgavāṃ madhye vaset sadā/ sāvitrīṃ manasā dhyāyan brahmacārī yatendriyaḥ// saṃvatsarānte paupīṃ vā māghīṃ vā phālgunīṃ tithim/ tryahopavāsī śuklasya praviśyāmalakīvanam// bṛhatphalāḍhyamāruhya drumaṃ śākhāgataṃ phalam/ gṛhītvā pāṇinā tiṣṭhejjapan brahmāmṛtāgamāt// tadā hyavaśyamamṛtaṃ vasatyāmalake kṣaṇam/ śarkarāmadhukalpāni snehavanti mṛdūni ca// bhavantyamṛtasaṃyogāttāni yāvanti bhakṣayet/ jīvedvarṣasahasrāṇi tāvantyāgatayauvanaḥ// sauhityameṣāṃ gatvā tu bhavatyamarasannibhaḥ/ svayaṃ cāsyopatiṣṭhante śrīrvedā vāk ca rūpiṇī// (iti kevalāmalakarasāyanam/) triphalāyā rase mūtre gavāṃ kṣāre ca lāvaṇe/ krameṇa ceṅgudīkṣāre kiṃśukakṣāra eva ca// tīkṣṇāyasasya patrāṇi vahnivarṇāni &sādhayet/ caturaṅguladīrghāṇi &&tilotsedhatanūni ca// &\`vāpayet' iti pā-. &&\`tilotsedhasamāni' iti pā-. jñātvā tānyañjanābhāni sūkṣmacūrṇāni kārayet/ tāni cūrṇāni madhunā rasenāmalakasya ca// yuktāni lehavat kumbhe sthitāni ghṛtabhāvite/ saṃvatsaraṃ nidheyāni yavapalle tathaiva ca// dadyādāloḍanaṃ māse sarvatrāloḍayan budhaḥ/ > Now we shall expound the quarter of rejuvenatives entitled 'Hand-Harvested'. > > Having used it, the self-controlled were freed from fear of fatigue, disease, and old age; > by its power, possessed of great strength, they practiced asceticism as long as they wished. > Brahmā created this rejuvenative lasting a thousand years, > which relieves old age and disease, and confers strength upon the intellect and sense faculties. > (Thus ends the iron-and-āmalakī rejuvenative of Brahmā.) > > By asceticism, celibacy, meditation, and tranquility, > by the proper use of rejuvenatives, and by an appropriate lifespan, > the great sages of old endured; for no rejuvenative succeeds > for the rustic, for those engaged in other pursuits, or for those whose minds are not self-controlled. > Subsisting on milk for a year, one should dwell always among cows, > meditating mentally on the Sāvitrī, celibate, with restrained senses. > At the end of the year, on the full-moon day of Pauṣa, Māgha, or Phālguna, > having fasted for three days of the bright fortnight, one should enter an āmalakī grove. > Having climbed a tree rich with large fruits, grasping a fruit on a branch > with one's hand, one should remain reciting the sacred syllable until the arrival of the nectar of immortality. > For at that moment the nectar of immortality surely dwells in the āmalakī for an instant; > \[the fruits\] become sweet like sugar and honey, oily, and soft > owing to union with the nectar of immortality. As many of them as one may eat, > for that many thousands of years one will live, restored to youth. > Having reached full repletion with them, he becomes like an immortal, > and Fortune, the Vedas, and embodied Speech attend upon him of their own accord. > (Thus ends the pure āmalakī rejuvenative.) > > In the decoction of triphalā, in cow's urine, in salt-water, > and successively in the alkali of ingudī and the alkali of kiṃśuka, > one should quench sheets of sharp iron brought to the color of fire, > four finger-breadths long and as thin as the height of a sesamum seed. > Knowing them to have become dark like collyrium, one should reduce them to fine powder. > Those powders, mixed with honey and the juice of āmalakī, > resembling an electuary and kept in a pot seasoned with ghee, > should be placed for one year in a mound of barley grains. > The wise man should stir it every month, mixing it thoroughly everywhere. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) ### [6.1.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka.6.1.3.2) saṃvatsarātyaye tasya prayogo madhusarpiṣā// prātaḥ prātarvalāpekṣī sātmyaṃ jīrṇe ca bhojanam/ eṣa eva ca lauhānāṃ prayogaḥ saṃprakīrtitaḥ// nābhighātairna cātaṅkairjarayā na ca mṛtyunā/ sa dhṛṣyaḥ syādgajaprāṇaḥ sadā cātibalendriyaḥ// dhīmān yaśasvī &vāksiddhaḥ śrutadhārī &&mahādhanaḥ/ bhavet samāṃ prayuñjāno naro lauharasāyanam// &\`vāgmī ca' iti pā-. &&\`mahābalaḥ' iti pā-. anenaiva vidhānena hemnaśca rajatasya ca/ āyuḥprakarṣakṛtsiddhaḥ prayogaḥ sarvaroganut// (iti lauhādirasāyanam/) aindrī matsyākhyako brāhmī vacā brahmasuvarcalā/ pippalyo lavaṇaṃ hema śaṅkhapuṣpī viṣaṃ ghṛtam// eṣāṃ triyavakān bhāgān hemasarpirviṣairvinā/ dvau yavau tatra hemnastu tilaṃ dadyādviṣasya ca// sarpiṣaśca palaṃ dadyāttadaikadhyaṃ prayojayet/ ghṛtaprabhūtaṃ sakṣaudraṃ jīrṇe cānnaṃ praśasyate// jarāvyādhipraśamanaṃ smṛtimedhākaraṃ param/ āyuṣyaṃ pauṣṭikaṃ dhanyaṃ svaravarṇaprasādanam// paramojaskaraṃ caitat siddhamaindraṃ rasāyanam/ nainat prasahate kṛtyā nālakṣmīrna viṣaṃ na ruk// śvitraṃ sakuṣṭhaṃ jaṭharāṇi gulmāḥ plīhā purāṇo viṣamajvaraśca/ medhāsmṛtijñānaharāśca rogāḥ śāmyantyanenātibalāśca vātāḥ// (ityaindraṃ rasāyanam/) maṇḍūkaparṇyāḥ svarasaḥ prayojyaḥ kṣīreṇa yaṣṭīmadhukasya cūrṇam/ raso guḍūcyāstu samūlapuṣpyāḥ kalkaḥ prayojyaḥ khalu śaṅkhapuṣpyāḥ// āyuḥpradānyāmayanāśanāni balāgnivarṇasvaravardhanāni/ medhyāni caitāni rasāyanāni medhyā viśeṣeṇa ca śaṅkhapuṣpī// (iti medhyarasāyanāni/) pañcāṣṭau sapta daśa vā pippalīrmadhusarpiṣā/ rasāyanaguṇānveṣī samāmekāṃ prayojayet// > At the conclusion of the year, its administration is with honey and ghee > every morning, taking account of strength; and when it is digested, wholesome food \[is taken\]. > This very procedure is proclaimed for \[all\] metallic preparations. > Neither by trauma nor by illnesses, neither by old age nor by death > can he be overcome; he possesses the vitality of an elephant and always has exceedingly strong sense faculties. > Wise, renowned, successful in speech, retaining what he has heard, and possessing great wealth > becomes the man who uses this iron rejuvenative for a year. > By this very procedure, an established administration of gold and of silver, > which brings about extension of lifespan and cures all diseases, \[is accomplished\]. > (Thus ends the rejuvenative of iron and other metals.) > > Aindrī, matsyākhyaka, brāhmī, vacā, brahmasuvarcalā, > pippalī, rock salt, gold, śaṅkhapuṣpī, viṣa, and ghee: > of these, three barleycorn-weight portions each, except for gold, ghee, and viṣa; > of gold there should be two barleycorns, and of sesamum seed \[weight\] of viṣa, > and one pala of ghee should be added; one should administer it all together. > After it is digested, food mixed with plenty of ghee and honey is recommended. > This allays old age and disease, is supreme in producing memory and intellect, > promotes lifespan, is nourishing, auspicious, and clarifies voice and complexion. > This is a supreme producer of ojas, the perfected rejuvenative of Indra; > neither sorcery, nor misfortune, nor poison, nor sickness prevails over him. > Vitiligo along with kuṣṭha, abdominal enlargements, abdominal lumps, spleen disease, chronic irregular fever, > and diseases that rob intellect, memory, and knowledge, as well as exceptionally strong vāta disorders, are allayed by it. > (Thus ends the rejuvenative of Indra.) > > The fresh juice of maṇḍūkaparṇī should be used; powder of yaṣṭīmadhuka with milk; > the juice of guḍūcī with its roots and flowers; and indeed the paste of śaṅkhapuṣpī should be used. > These rejuvenatives bestow long life, destroy sickness, and promote strength, digestive fire, complexion, and voice; > they are promoters of intellect, and śaṅkhapuṣpī in particular is an intellect-promoter. > (Thus ends the intellect-promoting rejuvenatives.) > > Five, eight, seven, or ten pippalīs with honey and ghee, > one seeking the qualities of a rejuvenative should use for one year. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) _First 80 of 118 passages. 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