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Fol. 28: Bower manuscript r1 kakubhasya phalaṃ kuryād dvau tailakuḍavau tathā / etad vaibhītake taile śanair mṛdvagninā pacet\* // 907 // ma x x x sarāhāni nastaḥkarma samācaret\* / tataḥ ṣoḍaśame hy ahni niśvetaḥ 2 kṛṣṇamūrdhajaḥ // 908 // suvaktranayanaḥ śrīmān bhaven nīlaśiroruhaḥ / ity uvāceha bhagavān agastyo vadatāṃ varaḥ // 909 // triphalā sahacarakusumaṃ jaṃbūkārṣmaryakakubhakusumaṃ ca / cūtaphalasya 3 ca madhyaṃ tathaiva piṇḍārakaphalaṃ ca // 910 // kāsīsam asanakusumaṃ nīlī nīlotpalaṃ visagranthī / aṃjanam añjanavarṇaś ca kardamo lohacūrṇaṃ ca // 911 // dve kaṇṭakārike dve ca śārive dapayec 4 ca madayantīm\* / bhṛṃgarajarasaṃ cātho tathaiva vaibhītakaṃ tailam\* // 912 // asanakaṣāyāluḍitaṃ pātre kārṣṇāyase daśāhāni / sthitam etad anabhidagdhaṃ saṃyaṅ mṛdvagninā vipacet\* // 913 // 5 mudgeṣv atha māṣeṣu ca suktaṃ saṃsthāpyam ardham ādāpya / pūrṇe tato 'rdhamāse kṛtarakṣaṃ tat prayoktavyam\* // 914 // triphalābhāvitakāyaḥ kṛsarāśī śuktim asya tailasya / ekāntaraṃ 6 suniyataḥ sunivāte nastato dadyāt\* // 915 // tailaprasthaṃ tv etad yaḥ samyaṅ nāmayeta nāsikayā / upayukte śvetaśirā sa kṛṣṇakeśaḥ punar bhavati // 916 // {X} keśarāgāḥ {X} 7 athāto harītakīkalpaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ sukhopaviṣṭaṃ brahmāṇam aśvinau vākyam ūcatuḥ / kuto harītakī jātākatiyoniś ca kīrtyate // 917 // rasāś ca kati saṃkhyātāḥ kati 8 coparasāḥ smṛtāḥ / kati nāmāni varṇā vā nāmni nāmni ca lakṣaṇam\* // 918 // kāṃś ca rogāñ cchamayate varṇarūpāṇi kāni ca / kena dravyena saṃyuktā kān rogān saṃniyacchati // 919 // 9 etaṃ praśnaṃ yathāpṛṣṭaṃ bhagavan vaktum arhasi / aśvinor vacanaṃ śrutvā brahmā vacanam abravīt\* // 920 // bhavadbhyāṃ yad idaṃ pṛṣṭam asya vyākaraṇaṃ pṛthak\* / pravakṣyāmy anupūrveṇa buddhirūpakaraṃ 10 ^ \_ // 921 // papāta bindur medinyāṃ śakrasya pibato 'mṛtam\* / auṣadhīnāṃ tataḥ śreṣṭhā prādurbhūtā harītakī // 922 // vijayā trivṛtā caiva rohiṇī pūtanāmṛtā / v1 jīvanty abhaya caiva saptayonir harītakī // 923 // alābuvṛttā vijayā yā vṛttā sā tu rohiṇī / pūtanāsthimayī sūkṣmā sthūlamāṃsaphalāmṛtā // 924 // suvarṇavarṇā jīvantī paṃcāśrī trivṛttā 2 tathā / abhayā kālikā loke nirdiṣṭā brahmaṇā purā // 925 // etāsāṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi rasavīryaṃ samāsataḥ / harītakīṃ paṃcarasām uṣṇām alavaṇāṃ śivām\* // 926 // guṇo lavaṇavarjo yaḥ 3 harītakyā niratyayaḥ / nirharanti malaṃ yasmād ārogyāyuṣyasaṃmatāḥ // 927 // śivā kṣiprasamutthā ca sūpacārā sadābhayā / sukhā puṣṭikarī caiva daridrāṇāṃ cikitsa ti // 928 // tathaiva sukumārāṇām\* 4 prāyakleśāś ca ye narāḥ / abhayā hi nṛṇāṃ dhanyā cikitsārthe sadā hitā // 929 // sasaindhavāṃ tu yaḥ khāded abhayāṃ samahauṣadhām\* / vyatyāsena ca pippalyo na vyādhir viṣaheta 5 tam\* // 930 // guḍamiśradvitīyāṃ tu dve dve khādeta \_ x .ī / sahasraṃ sa samāḥ prāpya naraḥ sarvāmayāñ jayet\* // 931 // abhayāṃ saha mudgair vā bhuṃjāno laghubhojanam\* / saṃvatsaraśataṃ 6 jīvet praṇudya vividhān gadau // 932 // arogo balasaṃpanno balīpalitavarjitaḥ / ojaskarī śarīre ca bhaven nityaṃ niṣevitā // 933 // abhayāñ ca haridrāñ ca 7 pippalyaḥ saindhavan tathā / kuṣṭhaṃ ceti samāyuktaṃ gomūtreṇa virecanam\* // 934 // guḍaṃ drākṣārasaṃ kṣaudraṃ tathaiva ca harītakī / etat kāṅkāyanaproktaṃ paittikānāṃ virecanam\* // 935 // 8 pippalyaḥ saindhavaṃ caiva biḍaṃgāni harītakī / etad gomūtrasaṃyuktaṃ saharidraṃ virecanaṃ // 936 // harītakīṃ samaguḍāṃ madhunā saha saṃyuktām\* / yukto vairecano yogaḥ siddhaṃ syāc ca 9 rasāyanam\* // 937 // sarvarogān nihanty eṣā pūrvoktā hi harītakī / vyākhyātaṃ tat samāsena vistareṇāpi me śṛṇu 938 // viṣamaṃ ca surāṇāñ ca viṣaṃ hanyād dharītakī / pāvakaṃ vardhayaty eṣā gulmaṃ 10 cāśu niyacchati // 939 // harītakīprayogas tu jaṭharāny api nāśayet\* / āyuṣyā sādhayaty eṣā kaphadvārāṇi śoṣiṇām\* // 940 // kāsaṃ śvāsaṃ ca hikkāṃ ca tamo mūrcchāṃ pratānakam\* / abhayāṃ nātivartate 11 camūm aindrīm ivāsurāḥ // 941 // kāmalāṃ caiva kuṣṭhāñ ca nāśayeta harītakī / arśasāṃ śamanī caiva sarvamehavināśanī // 942 // > II. Fol. 28: Bower manuscript > One should take the fruit of kakubha, and likewise two kuḍava measures of oil. / One should cook this slowly over a gentle fire in bibhītaka oil. // 907 > For \[…\] days one should perform nasal therapy; / then on the sixteenth day, freed of white hair, his hair becomes black; // 908 > he will have a handsome face and eyes, radiant, with dark blue-black locks. / Thus spoke here the venerable Agastya, foremost among speakers. // 909 > Three myrobalans, sahacara flower, flower of jambū, kāśmarya, and kakubha, / and the kernel of mango fruit, as well as the piṇḍāraka fruit, // 910 > green vitriol, asana flower, indigo, blue water-lily, lotus-root joints, / antimony and dark-colored collyrium, black silt, and iron powder, // 911 > the two kaṇṭakārikās, the two śārivās, and one should add madayantī, / bhṛṅgarāja juice, and likewise bibhītaka oil, // 912 > stirred in a decoction of asana and kept for ten days in an iron vessel; / without burning it, one should cook it thoroughly over a gentle fire. // 913 > Having buried half \[the vessel\] well placed among mung beans or black grams, / then when half a month has elapsed, after offering protective rites, it should be administered. // 914 > Having prepared one's body with three myrobalans and eating kṛsarā, / with self-restraint, in a well-sheltered place, every other day, one should administer a śukti measure of this oil through the nose. // 915 > Whoever properly takes a prastha measure of this oil through the nose, / when it has been used up, a grey-headed person will again have black hair. // 916 // \[Hair Dyes\] > Now we shall explain the ritual use of chebulic myrobalan: > To Brahmā sitting comfortably, the two Aśvins spoke these words: / "Whence did chebulic myrobalan arise, and how many origins are proclaimed for it? // 917 > And how many tastes are counted, and how many secondary tastes are taught? / How many names or colors are there, and what is the characteristic mark for each name? // 918 > And which diseases does it soothe, and what are its colors and forms? / Combined with which substance does it restrain which diseases? // 919 > Venerable One, you ought to answer this question as it was asked." > Having heard the words of the Aśvins, Brahmā spoke these words: // 920 > "What you two have asked, I shall explain in order, each separately, / generating intellect and beauty: // 921 > A drop fell upon the earth as Śakra was drinking ambrosia; / from that, chebulic myrobalan, foremost of medicinal herbs, appeared. // 922 > Vijayā, Trivṛtā, Rohiṇī, Pūtanā, Amṛtā, / Jīvantī, and Abhayā: chebulic myrobalan has seven origins. // 923 > Round like a gourd is Vijayā; round is Rohiṇī; / Pūtanā has mostly stone and is small; Amṛtā has thick-fleshed fruit; // 924 > Jīvantī is golden-colored; Trivṛtā has five ribs; / and Abhayā is dark brown: thus it was pointed out in the world by Brahmā in ancient times. // 925 > Of these, I will briefly proclaim the taste and potency: / chebulic myrobalan has five tastes, is hot, lacks salt, and is auspicious. // 926 > Its quality, free from salt, chebulic myrobalan's, is faultless; / because they expel waste, they are esteemed as giving health and longevity. // 927 > Auspicious, quick to rise, easy to manage, ever fearless, / pleasant and nourishing, it treats the poor; // 928 > and likewise delicate people, and men who are mostly in distress; / for Abhayā is a blessing to humans, ever beneficial for treatment. // 929 > He who eats Abhayā with rock salt and with dry ginger, / and alternately with long pepper, disease will not overcome him. // 930 > Eating two each \[day\], accompanied by jaggery as the second, \[…\] / a man, attaining a thousand years, conquers all illnesses. // 931 > Or eating Abhayā with mung beans as a light meal, / having dispelled diverse diseases, he may live a hundred years, // 932 > free of disease, endowed with strength, devoid of wrinkles and grey hair; / and used constantly, it brings vital essence to the body. // 933 > Abhayā, turmeric, long pepper, and rock salt, / and kuṣṭha: combined with cow's urine, this is a purgative. // 934 > Jaggery, grape juice, honey, and likewise chebulic myrobalan: / this purgative for bile disorders was declared by Kāṅkāyana. // 935 > Long pepper, rock salt, viḍaṅga, and chebulic myrobalan: / this, combined with cow's urine and with turmeric, is a purgative. // 936 > Chebulic myrobalan combined with an equal amount of jaggery and with honey: / applied, it is a purgative formulation, and a proven rejuvenator. // 937 > For the aforementioned chebulic myrobalan destroys all diseases; / it has been explained in brief, now hear it also in detail from me. // 938 > Chebulic myrobalan destroys diverse poisons and poisons of the gods; / it kindles the digestive fire and quickly subdues abdominal swellings. // 939 > The use of chebulic myrobalan even destroys abdominal afflictions; / prolonging life, it cures the phlegm passages of the consumptive. // 940 > Cough, dyspnea, hiccough, dimness of sight, fainting, and prostrating convulsion / do not withstand Abhayā, just as the demons cannot withstand Indra's army. // 941 > Chebulic myrobalan destroys jaundice and skin diseases; / it alleviates piles and destroys all urinary disorders. // 942 > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.28) - [Next: 30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.30) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower~en-mt.29) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Gadanigraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.sangraha.gadanigraha.99.47) — Soḍhala, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.yoga.bower.29) · Pramāṇa