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Fol. 10: Bower manuscript r1 āyurvṛddhikaraṃ balyaṃ kāsaśvāsavināśanam\* / sarvarogaharaṃ caitad balātailaṃ prayojayed iti // 286 // {X} balātailaṃ ślo 7 {X} satyavāgaśvinau devau bhiṣajau devapūjitau / ūcatuḥ param etad dhi 2 tailaṃ puṣṭivivardhanam\* // 287 // sarvavyādhipraśamanaṃ rājārham amṛtopamam\* / amṛtaṃ nāma vikhyātaṃ tailaṃ balakaraṃ nṛṇām\* // 288 // subhūmau madhukaṃ jātam uddharet kṛtamaṅgalaḥ / puṣyeṇa 3 prayato viprān svastivācya samāsataḥ // 289 // grāhayet svarasaṃ tasya catuṣpātraṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ / prapauṇḍarīkam amṛtāṃ visagranthīṃ śatāvarīm\* // 290 // śṛṃgāṭakāny āmalakān udumbarakaśerukāḥ / 4 kṣīriṇāṃ caiva vṛkṣāṇāṃ tvacāni syuḥ pṛthak pṛthak // 291 // kuśakāśekṣumūlāni śaravīraṇayos tathā / gundrāṇāṃ naḍikānāṃ ca mūlaṃ kroñcānadāni ca // 292 // vadarīñ ca vidārīñ ca vetasaṃ 5 sāḍurūṣakam\* / nimbaśālmalikharjūranāḍikerapriyaṃgavaḥ // 293 // paṭolaṃ kuṭajaṃ drākṣāṃ samṛṇālaṃ ca candanam\* / kakubhaṃ cāśvakarṇaṃ ca lāmajjakadhanañjayau // 294 // kaṣāyamadhurāṇāṃ ca 6 śītāny api ca lābhataḥ / bhāgāṃś catuṣpalān kṛtvā dvidroṇe 'pāṃ vipācayet\* // 295 // rase 'ṣṭabhāgaśeṣe tu kalkair ebhir vipācayet\* / balāṃ nāgabalāṃ jīvām 7 ātmaguptāṃ kaśerukām\* // 296 // nataṃ rasaṃ ca spṛkkāṃ ca sūkṣmelāṃ tvacam eva ca / jīvakarṣabhakau medau madhukaṃ nīlam utpalam\* // 297 // kuṃkumaṃ varṇakaraṇam aguruṃ patram eva ca / 8 vidārīṃ kṣīrakākolīṃ vīrām api ca śārivām\* // 298 // śatāvarīṃ priyaṃguṃ ca guḍūcīṃ padmakesaram\* / lāmajjakaṃ candanāni rājādanaphalāni ca // 299 // muktāvidrumaśaṃkhānāṃ candrakāṃtendranīlayoḥ / 9 sphaṭikaṃ rajataṃ hemaṃ maṇimauktikam eva ca // 300 // yaṣṭīmadhukamāṃjiṣṭhām aṃśumatyaḥ palonmitān\* / ślakṣṇapiṣṭān imān kṛtvā śanair mṛdvaginā pacet\* // 301 // tailapātrāṇi catvāri tailād 10 aṣṭaguṇaṃ payaḥ / payordhabhāgena bhiṣak pradadyād āmblakāṃcikam\* // 302 // śataśo 'tha vipaktavyaṃ sahasraguṇam eva vā / samyaksiddhasya cāpy asya etad bhavati lakṣaṇam\* // 303 // āloḍyate kareṇaiva 11 raveḥ kāla upasthite / svastivācya dvijātīṃs tu prayataḥ kṛtamaṃgalaḥ // 304 // prayojayet tailam idam amṛtaṃ devapūjitam\* / vastyāsthāpanapānaiś ca nāsyair abhyaṃjanais tathā // 305 // > It prolongs life, confers strength, cures cough and asthma, / and removes all diseases: this balā-oil should be administered. // 286 // Balā-oil, 7 verses. > The truthful twin deities the Aśvins, physicians worshipped by the gods, / proclaimed this supreme oil that promotes nourishment, // 287 > that soothes all diseases, is fit for a king, and resembles nectar. / Celebrated under the name Amṛta, this oil gives strength to mortals. // 288 > One should gather licorice grown in fertile soil after performing auspicious rites, / in the Puṣya constellation, self-restrained, having briefly had brahmins pronounce blessings. // 289 > The wise man should extract four pātra measures of its fresh juice. / Prapauṇḍarīka, amṛtā, lotus roots, śatāvarī, // 290 > śṛṅgāṭaka, āmalakī, udumbara, kaśeruka, / and separately the bark of each of the milk-bearing trees, // 291 > roots of kuśa, kāśa, and sugarcane, as well as of śara and vīraṇa, / roots of gundrā and naḍikā, kroñcā, adas, // 292 > vadarī, vidārī, vetasa, and vāsā, / nimba, śālmali, dates, coconuts, priyaṅgu, // 293 > paṭola, kuṭaja, grapes, sandalwood together with lotus stalks, / kakubha, aśvakarṇa, lāmajjaka, dhanañjaya, // 294 > and whatever bitter, sweet, and cooling herbs are available, / in portions of four palas each, should be boiled in two droṇas of water. // 295 > When the liquid is reduced to one-eighth, he should cook it with the following pastes: / balā, nāgabalā, jīvā, ātmaguptā, kaśerukā, // 296 > nata, rasa, spṛkkā, fine cardamom, cinnamon, / jīvaka, ṛṣabhaka, the two medās, licorice, blue lotus, // 297 > saffron that gives complexion, aloe-wood, cassia leaves, / vidārī, kṣīrakākolī, vīrā, śārivā, // 298 > śatāvarī, priyaṅgu, guḍūcī, lotus stamens, / lāmajjaka, sandalwood, and fruits of rājādana; // 299 > pearls, coral, conch-shell, moonstone, lapis lazuli, / crystal, silver, gold, and other gems and pearls; // 300 > and one pala each of licorice, mañjiṣṭhā, and the two aṃśumatīs. / Having finely ground these, he should slowly cook them over a gentle fire: // 301 > four pātras of sesame oil, eight times as much milk as sesame oil, / and half as much sour gruel as milk the physician should add. // 302 > It may be boiled a hundred or even a thousand times. / This is the mark of its being properly prepared: // 303 > it is stirred with the hand alone when the sun has risen. / Having had the twice-born pronounce blessings, self-restrained and performing auspicious rites, // 304 > he should apply this Amṛta oil, worshipped by the gods, / by means of non-retention and cleansing enemas, drinks, errhines, and massages. // 305 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 11.285](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.11.285) - [Next: 12.307](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.12.307) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.12.305) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.12.305](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.12.305) · Pramāṇa