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# The Bower Manuscript 21.3

Bower Manuscript 21.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.21.3)

3 suprabhas tv ihāryābhiḥ / habuṣāvastiṃ tāṃ me nibodhata sukhopabhojyatamām\* // 633 // prasṛtaḥ prasṛtaḥ prasthaḥ prastho 'rdhapalaṃ pramāṇataḥ prasthaḥ / habuṣāvakṣaṇayāvakṣārasalilasaindhavayutānām\* // 634 //  
4 kartavyam etad ājalaparikṣayāt syād apetalavaṇahṛtam\* / siddhaṃ pūtaṃ salavaṇam atha ca khajet sarpiṣā sārdhaṃ // 635 // sukhatantrāṇāṃ nṝṇāṃ pariṇatavayasāṃ pragāḍhaśakṛtāṃ  
5 ca / eṣa sukhoṣṇo vastiḥ praṇidhātavyaḥ sakṛt sarvaḥ // 636 // annam iva kālabhojyaḥ sukhaparihāryo na cātra parihāryam\* / tejognivīryabalapauruṣāyuṣāṃ vardhano 'py eṣa iti {O} // 637 // habuṣāvastiḥ ślo 5 ṛ  
6 madhutailasame syātāṃ tābhyāṃ tulyaṃ sukhodakam\* / karṣaś ca śatapuṣpāyāḥ karṣārdhaḥ saindhavasya ca // 638 // eṣa vaiśeṣiko vastir dīpanīyo rasāyanaḥ /  
7 bṛṃhaṇīyaś ca balyaś ca vidyād yavanasaṃjñitaḥ // 639 // {O} striyaḥ saṃbhojanaṃ yānaṃ vyāyāmaṃ śiśirodakam\* / asmin praṇihite vastau yathākāmam avāpnuyād iti // 640 // ṛ  
8 madhutailodako vastiḥ ślo 3 {O} tailasthāne ghṛtaṃ dadyāt toyasthāne bhavet payaḥ / śeṣaṃ pūrveṇa tulyaṃ syāt sa vastiḥ sarvasādhakaḥ 641 // tulyaṃ madhu ca tailaṃ ca rāsnā tābhyāṃ samā bhavet\* /  
9 śatāhvāya bhavet karṣaḥ pippalīnāṃ tathaiva ca // 642 // yaṣṭīmadhukakalkaś ca karṣārdhaṃ lavaṇottamāt\* / eṣa rāsāyano vastir balyo bṛṃhanadīpanaḥ // 643 // nirupadravo yāvanaś ca vṛṣyo vīryabalāvahanaḥ /

> Suprabha, here in āryā metres: / Learn from me that habuṣā enema, most pleasant to take // 633  
> A prasṛta, a prasṛta, a prastha, a prastha, half a pala, and in measure a prastha: of habuṣā, vakṣaṇā, yavakṣāra, water, and rock salt combined // 634  
> This should be prepared until the water is completely reduced, having removed the salt; when cooked and strained, \[re-\]salted, one should churn it with clarified butter // 635  
> For delicate men of advanced age and those with hardened feces, this pleasantly warm enema should be administered all at once // 636  
> To be taken at the proper time like food, easily borne with no \[strict\] regimen required here; it also increases lustre, digestive fire, semen, strength, virility, and life. / The habuṣā enema: five ślokas. / Equal parts of honey and sesame oil, and equal to them warm water; a karṣa measure of dill and half a karṣa of rock salt // 638  
> This exceptional enema is an appetizer, a rejuvenator, / nourishing and strengthening; it is known as the Yavana \[enema\] // 639  
> Women, feasting, riding, exercise, cold water: after this enema has been administered, one may indulge in these as one pleases. // 640  
> The honey, oil, and water enema: three ślokas. / In place of oil one should give ghee; in place of water there should be milk; the rest is the same as before; that enema accomplishes all // 641  
> Equal amounts of honey and sesame oil, and rāsnā should be equal to them; there should be a karṣa measure of dill, and likewise of long pepper // 642  
> And a paste of liquorice, and half a karṣa of the best salt; this rejuvenating enema gives strength, nourishes, and kindles the digestive fire // 643  
> It is harmless, rejuvenating, aphrodisiac, bringing virility and strength;  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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