Charak Samhita

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धन्वनि कुशास्तीर्णे स्निग्धकृष्णमधुरमृत्तिके सुवर्णवर्णमृत्तिके वा व्यपगतविषश्वापदपवनसलिलाग्निदोषे कर्षणवल्मीकश्मशानचैत्योषरावसथवर्जिते देशे यथर्तुसुखपवनसलिलादित्यसेविते जातान्यनुपहतान्यनध्यारूढान्यबालान्यजीर्णान्यधिगतवीर्याणि शीर्णपुराणपर्णान्यसञ्जातान्यपर्णानि तपसि तपस्ये वा मासे शुचिः प्रयतः कृतदेवार्चनः स्वस्ति वाचयित्वा द्विजातीन् चले सुमुहूर्ते नागबलामूलान्युद्धरेत्, तेषां सुप्रक्षालितानां त्वक्पिण्डमाम्रमात्रमक्षमात्रं वा श्लक्ष्णपिष्टमालोड्य पयसा प्रातः प्रयोजयेत्, चूर्णीकृतानि वा पिबेत् पयसा, मधुसर्पिर्भ्यां वा संयोज्यभक्षयेत्, जीर्णे च क्षीरसर्पिर्भ्यां शालिषष्टिकमश्नीयात्| संवत्सरप्रयोगादस्य वर्षशतमजरं वयस्तिष्ठतीति समानं पूर्वेण ||११||

sanskrit

[Nagabala Rasayana] One should collect the roots of nagabala in chala muhurta in the month of Magha or Phalguna while being clean and attentive, having worshipped the deities and engaging the brahmanas to recite auspicious mantras. The plant should have grown in a forest area covered in kusha grass, having soil unctuous, black and sweet or of golden color, devoid of poison, injurious animals and defect of wind, water and fire, and also of cultivation defects, ant-hill, cremation ground, sacred tree, infertile area and habitation and having proper access to air, water and the sun according to season, the roots should be undamaged, in-encroached, neither immature nor too old, possessed with potency, having shed off the old leaves and with new leaves not appeared. The roots should be washed well and the bark should be taken in the dose of 40 gms, finely pounded and mixed with milk in every morning or as powder with milk or along with honey and ghee. After the medicine is digested, one should take diet of shali and shashtika rice along with milk and ghee. If used regularly for a year, it makes the life span for one hundred years without senility. Other outcomes are as described before.

english translation

dhanvani kuzAstIrNe snigdhakRSNamadhuramRttike suvarNavarNamRttike vA vyapagataviSazvApadapavanasalilAgnidoSe karSaNavalmIkazmazAnacaityoSarAvasathavarjite deze yathartusukhapavanasalilAdityasevite jAtAnyanupahatAnyanadhyArUDhAnyabAlAnyajIrNAnyadhigatavIryANi zIrNapurANaparNAnyasaJjAtAnyaparNAni tapasi tapasye vA mAse zuciH prayataH kRtadevArcanaH svasti vAcayitvA dvijAtIn cale sumuhUrte nAgabalAmUlAnyuddharet, teSAM suprakSAlitAnAM tvakpiNDamAmramAtramakSamAtraM vA zlakSNapiSTamAloDya payasA prAtaH prayojayet, cUrNIkRtAni vA pibet payasA, madhusarpirbhyAM vA saMyojyabhakSayet, jIrNe ca kSIrasarpirbhyAM zAliSaSTikamaznIyAt| saMvatsaraprayogAdasya varSazatamajaraM vayastiSThatIti samAnaM pUrveNa ||11||

hk transliteration