Astanga Hrudaya
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प्रियातिप्रियतां याति यत्प्रियस्य विशेषतः । या प्रीतिर्या रतिर्वा वाग्या पुष्टिरिति च स्तुता ॥ ६६ ॥
by which the beloved (wife) becomes more liked; which is praised as the most liked, which yields love and pleasure; bestows speech (helps in speaking without hurdles), and bestows nourishment.
english translation
देवदानवगन्धर्वयक्षराक्षसमानुषैः । पानप्रवृत्तौ सत्यां तु तां सुरां विधिना पिबेत् ॥ ६७ ॥
Such appreciation is done by the Gods, demons, gandharvas, yakshas, raksasas, and manusa (humans) such as sura (wine) should be consumed judiciously in the proper manner.
english translation
सम्भवन्ति न ते रोगा मेदोऽनिलकफोद्भवाः । विधियुक्ताद्ऋते मद्याद्ये न सिध्यन्ति दारुणाः ॥ ६८ ॥
Diseases arising from (aggravation of) fat tissue, vata and kapha, do not affect the person who drinks alcohol judiciously; these dreaded diseases do not get cured also in persons who do not drink judiciously
english translation
अस्ति देहस्य सावस्था यस्यां पानं निवार्यते । अन्यत्र मद्यान्निगदाद्विविधौषधसंस्कृतात् ॥ ६९ ॥
There are many conditions of the body in which drinking wine is to be avoided, except by those who are not suffering from any disease and that wine which is prepared from different kinds of herbs.
english translation
आनूपं जाङ्गलं मांसं विधिनाऽप्युपकल्पितम् । मद्यं सहायमप्राप्य सम्यक् परिणमेत्कथम् ॥ ७० ॥
How can the meat of animals of marshy or desert-like regions, though prepared in the proper manner get properly digested without the help of wine?
english translation