Listen, O noble one, to the ancient wisdom as spoken by Hari to Rudra, revealing the sacred remedies that bring health and long life. First, he explained the power of the dvijayashti root: when ground with rice water and applied as a paste, it cures glandular swellings and even the most stubborn goiter. There is also the combination of rasanjana and powdered haritaki—when these are made into a paste and applied, all diseases are destroyed, leaving nothing further to be considered. Hari continued: by applying a paste of the root of karavira or the fruit of the areca nut, the ailments that afflict men are removed, O Rudra. And there is another remedy: a mixture of danti root, turmeric, and chitraka, made into a paste and applied, cures fistula-in-ano. If more is needed, leeching the blood from the fistula, O Umāpati, is also effective. For those suffering from bleeding, the bone of a cat, rubbed with triphala water and applied, will stop the bleeding entirely—there is no room for doubt. For hemorrhoids, turmeric, repeatedly processed with the milk of the snuhi plant and applied as a paste, destroys the affliction, O Bull-bannered One. The fruit of ghosha, ground together with rock salt, is also an excellent remedy for piles. Furthermore, cow’s ghee, prepared and taken with water in which palasha ash has been dissolved, and combined with triple the amount of trikatu, destroys piles, O Shiva. The burnt fruit of bilva is potent against bleeding piles, while consuming black sesame with fresh butter is equally effective. To kindle the digestive fire, powdered dry ginger with barley alkali and equal parts jaggery, taken in the morning, works wonders, O Bull-bannered One. Drinking water decocted with dry ginger also stimulates digestion. And the combination of haritaki, rock salt, chitraka, and long pepper—when powdered and taken with warm water—increases appetite greatly. Likewise, pork meat cooked with ghee, when consumed, greatly increases hunger. Hari then spoke further, revealing the virtues of hastikarna-palasha leaves. When these leaves are ground into powder—a hundred palas in weight, O Shiva—they become a medicine that frees one from all diseases. Taken with milk for seven days, O Bull-bannered One, they bestow keen hearing and the gait and strength of a lion, O Rudra. The person shines with the luster of a padmaraga gem, is granted a lifespan of a thousand years, and retains the youthful form of a sixteen-year-old, especially by constant use of milk. Milk, when mixed with honey and ghee, becomes life-prolonging; consumed together with honey, it can grant a lifespan of ten thousand years. A man who regularly eats curd becomes learned, beloved by women, and his body becomes as hard as a diamond. Eating food mixed with saffron brings a thousand-year lifespan, and, when combined with sour gruel, should be taken by one seeking such benefits. Honey taken with triphala grants a divine body for a hundred years, free from wrinkles and gray hair, and bestows keen eyesight. Even the blind may see by eating this powder mixed with ghee; and when applied with buffalo milk, it makes the hair black. O Bull-bannered One, even a bald man grows hair by using the powder mixed with oil; wrinkles and grayness vanish. By merely rubbing with that preparation, all discoloration is removed. Application of the powder with goat’s milk as collyrium restores eyesight in a month. One should also take the seeds of the palāśa tree and the grains of vītuṣa in the month of Śrāvaṇa, and eat their powder with fresh butter. Taking half a karsha or one karsha daily, with devotion to Lord Hari, and consuming wholesome food made of ancient and sixty-grained rice, while drinking water, a person lives a thousand years, free from wrinkles and gray hair. The root of bhringarāja, gathered under the Puṣya constellation, should be powdered and taken with sauvira, a fermented drink. By using it for just a month, a person becomes free from wrinkles and gray hair, lives five hundred years, gains the strength of an elephant, and becomes learned, O Rudra, especially if consumed under the Puṣya constellation. Hari then described remedies for wounds and suppuration. One who applies a blow filled with ghee becomes free from wounds and pus. The root of apāmārga, rubbed with the hands and its juice applied to a wound, stops bleeding and prevents suppuration. O Śaṅkara, the root of rudra-lāṅgalikā and kuśa grass, when applied to the mouth of a wound, expels foreign matter, even if it has been lodged there for a long time. The root of bālamūla or meṣaśṛṅgī, rubbed with water and applied, heals chronic sinus wounds. Powder of hiṅgu root, given with buffalo curd and kodrava rice, cures fistulous wounds. The fruit of brahmayaṣṭi, ground and applied with water, destroys blood disorders without doubt. Ash of barley, viḍaṅga, and gandhapāṣāṇa, along with dry ginger, should be powdered and mixed with blood, and applied to the affected area to destroy abscesses. The seeds of saubhāñjana, together with atasi and sword-bean, when mixed with mustard seeds and cow’s urine and applied as a paste, will surely destroy glandular swelling, O Śaṅkara. To ward off the assembly of spirits, the root of white aparājitā, ground with rice water and used as nasal medicine, is effective. The flower of Agastya, marīca, snake skin, asafoetida, neem leaves, and barley—made into a paste with cow’s urine—dispels spirits, O Śiva. Cow’s gall, marīca, long pepper, rock salt, honey, and collyrium, when prepared together, form a remedy that removes afflictions caused by spirits and planets. Incense made from guggulu and owl’s tail dispels planetary afflictions; and one freed from fourth-day fevers should be wrapped in black cloth. Hari spoke further: when the root and flower of white aparājitā are used in the eyes, all affliction is destroyed without further concern. Chewing the root of gokṣuraka, O blue-red one, destroys the pain caused by tooth worms, O crusher of gods and demons. For a woman suffering from abdominal tumor and pain, drinking the juice of puṣpādinī with cow’s milk while fasting, and the root of white arka, brings relief. Thus, O noble one, did Hari impart to Rudra the sacred knowledge of remedies and longevity, bestowing blessings of health, vigor, and long life to those who follow this ancient wisdom.