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Charak Samhita

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यत् किञ्चिन्मधुरं स्निग्धं जीवनं बृंहणं गुरु। हर्षणं मनसश्चैव सर्वं तद्वृष्यमुच्यते ॥३६॥

[Description of Vrishya] Any article which is sweet, unctuous, life promoting, nourishing and heavy to digest and causing mental excitement, is to be regarded as virilific.

english translation

द्रव्यैरेवंविधैस्तस्माद्भावितः प्रमदां व्रजेत्। आत्मवेगेन चोदीर्णः स्त्रीगुणैश्च प्रहर्षितः ॥३७॥

Therefore, a person, first of all be impregnated with these articles, should approach for his woman. He gets excited by his own urge and also by the erotic attributes of the woman.

english translation

गत्वा स्नात्वा पयः पीत्वा रसं वाऽनु शयीत ना। तथाऽस्याप्यायते भूयः शुक्रं च बलमेव च ॥३८॥

After the sex act, the man should take bath and drink milk or meat juice and then go to sleep. By doing this, his semen and strength get replenished.

english translation

यथा मुकुलपुष्पस्य सु(ख) गन्धो नोपलभ्यते। लभ्यते तद्विकाशात्तु तथा शुक्रं हि देहिनाम् ॥३९॥

An unblossomed bud does not possess fragrance but fragrance appears when it blossoms. Similar phenomenon takes place in case of semen of the living beings.

english translation

नर्ते वै षोडशाद्वर्षात् सप्तत्याः परतो न च। आयुष्कामो नरः स्त्रीभिः संयोगं कर्तुमर्हति ॥४०॥

It is not proper for a man, desirous of longevity, to enter in to sexual intercourse with woman when he is under sixteen or over seventy yrs. of age.

english translation