Agni Purana

वीजङ्कौरण्टकञ्चापि मधुकं श्वेतचन्दनं । पद्मोत्पलस्य मूलानि मधुकं शर्करातिलान् ।। २८५.

Seeds of vijā, kauraṇṭaka, madhuka, white sandalwood, roots of lotus and blue lotus, madhuka, sugar, and sesame—

द्रवमाणेषु गर्भेषु गर्भस्थापनमुत्तमं । देवदारु नभः कुष्ठं नलदं विश्वभेषजं ।। २८५.

For moving fetuses, this is an excellent stabilizer of pregnancy: devadāru, nabhaḥ, kuṣṭha, nalada, and viśvabheṣaja.

लेपः काञ्जिकसम्पिष्टस्तैलयुक्तः शिरोर्त्तिनुत् । वस्त्रपूतं क्षिपेत् कोष्णं सिन्धूत्थं कर्णशूलनुत् ।। २८५.

A paste made with sour gruel and oil, applied as a poultice, relieves head pain; strained through cloth and warmed, it alleviates ear pain caused by wind.

लशुनार्द्रकशिग्रूणां कदल्या वा रसः पृथक् । बलाशतावरीरास्नामृताः मैरीयकैः पिवेत् ।। २८५.

Juice of garlic, fresh ginger, drumstick, or banana, separately, should be drunk with powders of balā, śatāvarī, rāsnā, amṛtā, and mairīyaka.

त्रिफलासहितं सर्पिस्तिमिरघ्नमनुत्तमं । त्रिफलाव्योषसिन्धूत्थैर्घृतं सिद्धं पिवेन्नरः ।। २८५.

Ghee prepared with triphalā is the best remedy for darkness of vision; one should drink ghee cooked with triphalā, vyosha, and rock salt.

चाक्षुष्यम्भेदनं हृद्यं दीपनं कफरोगनुत् । नीलोत्पलस्य किञ्जल्कं गोशकृद्रससंयुतं ।। २८५.

The pollen of blue lotus, mixed with cow dung juice, is beneficial for the eyes, clears vision, is pleasing, stimulates digestion, and alleviates phlegmatic disorders.

गुटिकाञ्जनमेतत् स्यात् दिनरात्र्यन्धयोर्हितं । यष्टिमधुवचाकृष्णावीजानं गुटजस्य च ।। २८५.

This becomes a medicinal collyrium, beneficial for those blind by day or night; with yaṣṭimadhu, vacā, kṛṣṇā seeds, and guṭaja.

कल्केनालोड्य निम्बस्य कषायो वमनायसः । स्निग्धस्विन्नयवन्तोयं प्रदातव्यं विरेचनम् ।। २८५.

A decoction of neem, stirred as a paste, acts as an emetic; for purgation, give warm water to those who are oily and sweating.

अन्य्था योजितं कुर्य्यात् मन्दाग्निं गौरवारुचिं। पथ्यासैन्धवकृष्णानां चूर्णमुष्णाम्बुना पिवेत् ।। २८५.

Otherwise, one should administer it differently for weak digestion, heaviness, and loss of appetite; powder of pathyā, rock salt, and black salt should be drunk with warm water.

विरेकः सर्व्वरोगघनः श्रेष्ठो नाराचसंज्ञकः । सिद्धयोगा मुनिभ्यो ये आत्रेयेण प्रदर्शिताः ।। २८५.

Purgation called nārāca is the best, destroying all diseases; these perfected formulas were shown to the sages by Ātreya.

सर्वरोगहराः सर्वयोगाग्र्याः सुश्रुतेन हि ।। २८५.

All these formulas, praised by Suśruta, are foremost and remove all diseases.

धन्वन्तरिरुवाच कल्पान्मृत्युञ्चयान्वक्ष्ये ह्यायुर्द्दान्रोगमर्द्दनान् । त्रिशती रोगहा सेव्या मध्वाज्यत्रिफलामृता ।। २८६.

Dhanvantari said: I will now explain the methods for conquering death, granting long life, and destroying disease; the triple hundred, to be used, removes disease, with honey, ghee, triphalā, and amṛtā.

पलं पलार्द्धं कर्षं वा त्रिफलां सकलां तथा । विल्वतैलस्य नस्यञ्च मासं पञ्चशती कवि ।। २८६.

One pala, half a pala, or a karṣa of whole triphalā, and nasal drops of bilva oil, should be used for five months, O sage.

रीगापमृत्युबलिजत् तिलं भल्लातकं तथा । पञ्चाङ्गं वाकुचीचूर्णं षण्मासं शकदिरोदकैः ।। २८६.

For conquering premature death, one should use sesame and bhallātaka, and powder of five parts of vākucī, for six months, with the juice of sugarcane.

क्काथैः कुष्ठञ्जयेत् सेव्यं चूर्णं लीलकुरुण्टजम् । क्षीरेण मधुना वापि शतायुः खण्डदुग्धभुक् ।। २८६.

With decoctions, one should conquer leprosy; the powder of līlā and kuruṇṭaja should be used, with milk or honey, or by one who eats broken milk, for a hundred years.

मध्वाज्यशुण्ठीं संसेव्य पलं प्रातः स मृत्युजित् । बलीपलितजिज्जीवेन्माण्डूकी चूर्णदुग्धपाः ।। २८६.

Having taken honey, ghee, and dry ginger, one pala in the morning—such a person conquers death; strong, free from gray hair, and long-lived is he who drinks powder of Māṇḍūkī with milk.

उच्चटामधुना कर्ष पयःपा मृत्युजिन्नरः । मध्वाज्यैः पयसा वापि निर्गुण्डी रोगमृत्युजित् ।। २८६.

He who drinks one karṣa of uccaṭā with honey and milk conquers death; likewise, with honey, ghee, or milk, nirguṇḍī overcomes disease and death.

पलाशतैलं कर्षैकं षण्मासं मधुना पिवेत् । दुग्धभोजी पञ्चशती सहस्रायुर्भ्वेन्नरः ।। २८६.

Drinking one karṣa of palāśa oil with honey for six months, while taking milk as food, a man lives for five hundred years, attaining a thousand years of life.

ज्योतिष्मतीपत्ररसं पयसा त्रिफलां पिवेत् । मधुनाज्यन्ततस्तद्वत् शतावर्य्या रजः पलं ।। २८६.

One should drink the juice of jyotiṣmatī leaves with milk, and triphalā; then, in the same way with honey and ghee, and a pala of śatāvarī powder.

क्षौद्राज्यैः पयसा वापि निर्गुण्‌डी रोगमृत्युजित् । रुदन्तिकाकज्यमधुभुक् दुग्धभोजी च मृत्युजित् ।। २८६.

With honey, ghee, or milk, nirguṇḍī conquers disease and death; eating rudantikā resin with honey, and taking milk as food, one conquers death.

कर्षं भृङ्गरसेनापि रोगजीच्चामरो भवेत् । रुदन्तिकाज्यमधुभुक् दुग्धभोजी च मृत्युजित् ।। २८६.

By drinking one karṣa of bhṛṅgarāja juice, one becomes free from disease and gray hair; eating rudantikā resin with honey, and taking milk as food, one conquers death.

कर्षचूर्णं हरीतक्या भावितं भृङ्गराड्रसैः । घृतेन मधुना सेव्य त्रिशतायुश्च रोगजित् ।। २८६.

One who takes one karṣa of harītakī powder, prepared with bhṛṅgarāja juice, along with ghee and honey, lives for three hundred years and conquers disease.

वाराहिका भृङ्गरसं लोहचूर्णं शतावरी । साज्यं कर्षं पञ्चशती कार्त्तचूर्णं शतावरी ।। २८६.

Vārāhikā, bhṛṅgarāja juice, iron powder, śatāvarī with ghee, one karṣa; five hundred years for one who takes śatāvarī powder prepared thus.

भावितं भृङ्गराजेन मध्वाज्यन्त्रिशती भवेत् । ताम्रं मृतं मृततुल्यं गन्धकञ्च कुमारिका ।। २८६.

Prepared with bhṛṅgarāja, honey, and ghee, it becomes three hundred years; copper, incinerated and purified, and sulphur with aloe vera.

रसैविमृज्य द्वे गुञ्जे साज्यं पञ्चशताब्दवान् । अश्वगन्धा पलं तैलं साज्यंखण्डं शताब्दवान् ।। २८६.

After rubbing with mercury, two guñjās with ghee, one lives for five hundred years; a pala of aśvagandhā oil with ghee and sugar, one lives for a hundred years.

पलम्पुनर्न्नवाचूर्णं मध्वाज्यपयसा पिवन् । अशोकचूर्णस्य पलं मध्वाज्यं पयसार्त्तिन्त् ।। २८६.

By drinking a pala of punarnavā powder with honey, ghee, and milk; and a pala of aśoka powder with honey, ghee, and milk likewise.

तिलस्य तैलं समधु नस्यात् कृष्णकचः शती । कर्षमक्षं समध्वाज्यं शतायुः पयसा पिवन् ।। २८६.

Sesame oil with honey, used as nasal drops, makes hair black for a hundred years; one karṣa of akṣa with honey and ghee, drinking with milk, grants a hundred years of life.

अभयं सगुडञ्जग्ध्वा घृतेन मधुरादिभिः । दुग्धान्नभुक् कृष्णकेशोऽरोगी पञ्चशताब्दवान् ।। २८६.

Having eaten harītakī with jaggery, along with ghee and sweet substances, and taking milk and rice as food, one with black hair, free from disease, lives for five hundred years.

पलङ्कुष्माण्डिकाचूर्णं मध्वाज्यपयसा पिवन् । मासं दुग्धान्नभोजी च सहस्रायुविंशोगवान् ।। २८६.

By drinking a pala of kuṣmāṇḍikā powder with honey, ghee, and milk for a month, and eating milk and rice, one lives for a thousand years, possessing strength.