Astanga Hrudaya
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शतावरीकल्ककषायसिद्धं ये सर्पिरश्नन्ति सिताद्वितीयम् । ताञ्जीविताध्वानमभिप्रपन्नान्न विप्रलुम्पन्ति विकारचौराः ॥ १५६ ॥
Medicated ghee prepared with the paste and decoction of śatāvarī – Asparagus racemosus added with two parts of sugar consumed by the person daily those will not be waylaid by thieves/robbers known as diseases which approach in the pathway of life.
english translation
zatAvarIkalkakaSAyasiddhaM ye sarpiraznanti sitAdvitIyam । tAJjIvitAdhvAnamabhiprapannAnna vipralumpanti vikAracaurAH ॥ 156 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptपीताश्वगन्धा पयसाऽर्धमासं घृतेन तैलेन सुखाम्बुना वा । कृशस्य पुष्टिं वपुषो विधत्ते बालस्य सस्यस्य यथा सुवृष्टिः ॥ १५७ ॥
aśvagandhā – Withania somnifera consumed either along with milk, ghee, oil sukha ambunā vā – or warm water for a period of half a monthmakes an emaciated body of a child well grown just as the rain makes the plant.
english translation
pItAzvagandhA payasA'rdhamAsaM ghRtena tailena sukhAmbunA vA । kRzasya puSTiM vapuSo vidhatte bAlasya sasyasya yathA suvRSTiH ॥ 157 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptदिने दिने कृष्णतिलप्रकुञ्चं समश्नतां शीतजलानुपानम् । पोषः शरीरस्य भवत्यनल्पो दृढीभवन्त्यामरणाच्च दन्ताः ॥ १५८ ॥
He who consumes one prakuncha (one pala – 48 grams) of kṛṣṇatila – black Sesamum followed by drinking cold water every daygets his body, nourished well and his teeth become firm till death.
english translation
dine dine kRSNatilaprakuJcaM samaznatAM zItajalAnupAnam । poSaH zarIrasya bhavatyanalpo dRDhIbhavantyAmaraNAcca dantAH ॥ 158 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptचूर्णं श्वदंष्ट्रामलकामृतानां लिहन् ससर्पिर्मधुभागमिश्रम् । वृषः स्थिरः शान्तविकारदुःखः समाः शतं जीवति कृष्णकेशः ॥ १५९ ॥
He who consumes the powder of śvadaṃṣṭrā – Tribulus terrestris, amalaka – Emblica officinalis and amṛtānāṃ – Tinospora cordifolia, added with ghee and honey daily, leads a life of virility, stability, free of both disease and misery, having black hair and lives for hundred years.
english translation
cUrNaM zvadaMSTrAmalakAmRtAnAM lihan sasarpirmadhubhAgamizram । vRSaH sthiraH zAntavikAraduHkhaH samAH zataM jIvati kRSNakezaH ॥ 159 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptसार्धं तिलैरामलकानि कृष्णैरक्षाणि सङ्क्षुद्य हरीतकीर्वा । येऽद्युर्मयूरा इव ते मनुष्या रम्यं परीणाममवाप्नुवन्ति ॥ १६० ॥
āmalaka – Emblica officinalis should be boiled along with kṛṣṇa tila – black Sesamum indicum akṣāṇi – and also with either aksha (vibitaki) – Terminalia bellerica harītakī: vā – or Terminalia chebula and (all these made into a confection) he who consumes this, attains transformation like a peacock (becomes) pleasing to look at.
english translation
sArdhaM tilairAmalakAni kRSNairakSANi saGkSudya harItakIrvA । ye'dyurmayUrA iva te manuSyA ramyaM parINAmamavApnuvanti ॥ 160 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript