Charak Samhita

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यद्वत् कुसुम्भसम्मिश्रात्तोयाद्रागं हरेत् पटः| तद्वद्द्रवीकृताद्देहान्निरूहो निर्हरेन्मलान्||६५||

Purvakarma in the form of sneha and sweda commonly dissolves the doshas as well as body nutrients. However basti dravya eliminates only doshas as a piece of cloth soaked in a mixture of kusumbha (Carthamus tinctorius Linn.) (dye) and water get only dye. Niruha basti will eliminate the liquefied malas (doshas) from body like the cloth which will remove (attains) the color of kusumbha (Carthamus tinctorius Linn.) mixed water.

english translation

yadvat kusumbhasammizrAttoyAdrAgaM haret paTaH| tadvaddravIkRtAddehAnnirUho nirharenmalAn||65||

hk transliteration by Sanscript