Astanga Hrudaya
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शिलाजतुक्षौद्रविडङ्गसर्पिर्लोहाभयापारदताप्यभक्षः । आपूर्यते दुर्बलदेहधातुस्त्रिपञ्चरात्रेण यथा शशाङ्कः ॥ १६१ ॥
Asphaltum, honey, viḍaṅga – Embelia ribes, ghee, loha (iron), abhayā – Terminalia chebula, mercury and pyrite if consumed replenishes the debilitated tissues of the body within fifteen days just like the moon.
english translation
zilAjatukSaudraviDaGgasarpirlohAbhayApAradatApyabhakSaH । ApUryate durbaladehadhAtustripaJcarAtreNa yathA zazAGkaH ॥ 161 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptये मासमेकं स्वरसं पिबन्ति दिने दिने भृङ्गरजःसमुत्थम् । क्षीराशिनस्ते बलवीर्ययुक्ताः समाः शतं जीवितमाप्नुवन्ति ॥ १६२ ॥
Those who drink fresh juice of bhṛṅgaraja – Eclipta alba for one month, every day and consume milk as food attain a life of hundred years endowed with strength and valour.
english translation
ye mAsamekaM svarasaM pibanti dine dine bhRGgarajaHsamuttham । kSIrAzinaste balavIryayuktAH samAH zataM jIvitamApnuvanti ॥ 162 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptमासं वचामप्युपसेवमानाः क्षीरेण तैलेन घृतेन वाऽपि । भवन्ति रक्षोभिरधृष्यरूपा मेधाविनो निर्मलमृष्टवाक्याः ॥ १६३ ॥
Those who make use of vacāṃ – Acorus calamus either with milk, oil ghṛtena vā api – or ghee for a period of one month, become resistant to possession by demons, obtain great intelligence, good and clear speech.
english translation
mAsaM vacAmapyupasevamAnAH kSIreNa tailena ghRtena vA'pi । bhavanti rakSobhiradhRSyarUpA medhAvino nirmalamRSTavAkyAH ॥ 163 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptमण्डूकपर्णीमपि भक्षयन्तो भृष्टां घृते मासमनन्नभक्षाः । जीवन्ति कालं विपुलं प्रगल्भास्तारुण्यलावण्यगुणोदयस्थाः ॥ १६४ ॥
Those who consume even maṇḍūkaparṇī – Centella asiatica fried in ghee, for a period of one month and not eating boiled rice as food (but drinking only milk), lives for a long-time enjoying youth, good appearance and virtues.
english translation
maNDUkaparNImapi bhakSayanto bhRSTAM ghRte mAsamanannabhakSAH । jIvanti kAlaM vipulaM pragalbhAstAruNyalAvaNyaguNodayasthAH ॥ 164 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptलाङ्गलीत्रिफलालोहपलपञ्चाशता कृतम् । मार्कवस्वरसे षष्ट्या गुटिकानां शतत्रयम् ॥ १६५ ॥
A total of fifty palas (approx. 2.4 kg) consisting of lāṅgalī (Gloriosa superba), triphalā (Haritaki, Vibhitaki, and Amalaki), and loha (iron bhasma) together, processed with the fresh juice of mārkava (Eclipta alba) sixty times, should be made into three hundred and sixty pills and dried in the shade.
english translation
lAGgalItriphalAlohapalapaJcAzatA kRtam । mArkavasvarase SaSTyA guTikAnAM zatatrayam ॥ 165 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript