Agni Purana

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.

शालूकचूर्णं भृङ्गाज्यं समध्वाज्यं शताब्दकृतं । कटुतुम्बीतैलनस्यं कर्षं शतद्वयाब्दवान् ।। २८६.

Śālūka powder with bhṛṅgarāja ghee and honey, prepared for a hundred years; nasal drops of kaṭutumbī oil, one karṣa, grant two hundred years of life.

त्रिफला पिप्पली शुण्ठी सेविता त्रिशताव्दकृत् । शतावर्य्याः पूर्वयोगः सहस्रायुर्बलातिकृत् ।। २८६.

Triphalā, long pepper, and dry ginger, when taken, grant three hundred years of life; the previous formula of śatāvarī gives a thousand years and surpassing strength.

चित्रकेन तथा पूर्वस्तथा शुण्ठीविडङ्गतः । लोहेन भृङ्गराजेन बलया निम्बपञ्चकैः ।। २८६.

With citraka, as before, and with dry ginger and viḍaṅga; with iron, bhṛṅgarāja, bala, and the five parts of nimb tree.

खदिरेण च निर्गुण्ड्या कण्टकार्य्याथ वासकात् । वर्षाभुवा तद्रसैर्वा भावितो वटिकाकृतः ।। २८६.

With khadira, nirguṇḍī, kaṇṭakāri, and vāsaka; or prepared with the juices of varṣābhu, made into pills.

चूर्णङ्‌घृतैर्वा मधुना गुडाद्यैर्वारिणा तथा । ॐ ह्रूं स इति मन्त्रेण मन्त्रितो योगराजकः ।। २८६.

With powders mixed with ghee, honey, jaggery, or water, the Yogarājaka should be consecrated using the mantra 'Om hrūṃ sa.'

मृतसञ्जीवनीकल्पो रोगमृत्युञ्जयो भवेत् । सुरासुरैश्च मुनिभिः सेविताः कल्पसागराः ।। २८६.

This acts as a reviver of the dead, conquering disease and death; these oceans of formulas have been practiced by gods, demons, and sages.

गजायुर्वेदं प्रोवाच पालकाप्योऽङ्गराजकं ।। २८६.

Pālakāpya taught the elephant Ayurveda and the Angarājaka.

पालकाप्य उवाच गजलक्षअम चिकित्साञ्च लोमपाद वदामि ते । दीर्घहस्ता महोच्छ्‌वासाः प्रशस्तास्ते सहिष्णवः ।। २८७.

Pālakāpya said: I will tell you, Lomapāda, about the characteristics and treatment of elephants; those with long trunks and deep breaths are esteemed and enduring.

विंशत्यष्टादशनखाः शीतकालमदाश्च ये । दक्षिणञ्चोन्नतन्दन्तं वृंहितं जलदोपमं ।। २८७.

Those with twenty or eighteen nails, who are active in cold seasons, whose right tusk is raised, and whose body is robust and cloud-like—

हस्तिन्यः पार्श्वगर्भिण्यो ये च मूढा मतङ्गजाः । वर्णं सत्वं बलं रूपं कान्तिः संहननञ्जवः ।। २८७.

Pregnant female elephants and those confused among elephants: their color, temperament, strength, form, radiance, build, and speed—

सप्तस्थितो गजश्वेदृक् सङ्‌ग्रामेरीञ्जयेत्स च । कुञ्जराः परमा शोभा शिविरस्य बलस्य च ।। २८७.

The elephant whose sweat appears in seven places will triumph in battle; elephants are the highest glory of the army and its strength.

आयत्तं कुञ्जरैश्चैव विजयं पृथिवीक्षितां । पाकलेषु च सर्वेषु कर्त्तव्यमनुवासनं ।। २८७.

Victory over the earth depends on elephants; in all preparations, proper care must be taken.

घृततैलपरीपाकं स्थानं वातविवर्जितं । स्कन्धेषु च क्रिया कार्य्या तथा पालकवन्नृपाः ।। २८७.

The place should be prepared with ghee and oil, free from wind; actions must be performed on their shoulders, as prescribed for keepers and kings.

गोमूत्रं पाण्डुरोगेषु रजनीभ्यां घृतन्द्विज । आनाहे तैलसिक्तस्य निषेकस्तस्य शस्यते ।। २८७.

Cow urine with turmeric is recommended for pale diseases, O twice-born; for bloating, oil should be sprinkled and applied.

लवणैः पञ्चभिर्म्मिश्रा प्रतिपानाय वारुणी । विडङ्गत्रिफलाव्योषसैन्धवैः कवलान् कृतान् ।। २८७.

For drinking, mix five kinds of salt with Varuṇī; for mouth cleansing, use balls made with viḍaṅga, triphalā, vyosha, and rock salt.

मृर्च्छासु भोजयेन्नागं क्षौद्रन्तोयञ्च पाययेत् । अब्यङ्ग शिरसः शुले नस्यञ्चैव प्रशस्यते ।। २८७.

In fainting, feed the elephant honey-water; massage and nasal therapy for head pain are also recommended.

नागानां स्नेहपुटकः पादरोगानुपक्रमेत् । पश्चात् कल्ककषायेण शोधनञ्च विधीयते ।। २८७.

For elephants, oil compresses treat foot diseases; afterwards, cleansing with paste and decoction is prescribed.

शिखितित्तिरिलावानां पिप्पलीमरिचान्वितैः । रसैः सम्भोज्येन्नागं वेपथुर्यस्य जायते ।। २८७.

For elephants afflicted with trembling, feed them juices of peacock, partridge, and lāvā birds mixed with long pepper and black pepper.

बालविल्वं तथा लोध्रं धातकी सितया सह । अतीसारविनाशाय पिण्डीं भुञ्जीत कुञ्जरः ।। २८७.

Young bael, lodhra, and dhātakī with sugar: for curing diarrhea, the elephant should eat a cake made from these.

नस्यं करग्रहे देयं घृतं लवणसंयुतम् । मागधीनागराजाजीयवागूर्मुस्तसाधिता ।। २८७.

For grasping in the trunk, administer ghee mixed with salt as nasal therapy; prepare gruel with Māgadhī, nāgarāja, ajī, vāgūr, and musta.