Hear now a wondrous account of the sacred herbs and their divine powers, as described in the ancient scriptures, a tapestry of healing and miraculous remedies revealed by Lord Hari himself to the great Rudra. It is said that by simply rubbing a certain preparation, all discoloration of the skin is removed, and when the powder of goat’s milk is applied as collyrium, one’s eyesight is restored within a month. During the auspicious month of Śrāvaṇa, one should gather the seeds of the palāśa tree and the grains of vītuṣa, and consume their powder mixed with fresh butter. By taking half a karsha or up to one karsha daily, always bowing to Lord Hari, and sustaining oneself on wholesome, ancient rice and pure water, a person may live a thousand years, free from wrinkles and gray hair. The root of bhringarāja, when gathered beneath the Puṣya constellation and made into a powder to be taken with sauvira, bestows remarkable benefits. Even with just a month’s use, wrinkles and gray hair vanish, strength equal to an elephant is gained, and the mind becomes learned and sharp, especially when the root is consumed under the Puṣya constellation. Then Lord Hari spoke further of healing wounds and ailments. He explained that wounds and pus can be healed by a blow filled with ghee, and the root of apāmārga, when rubbed with the hands and its juice applied, will stop bleeding and prevent suppuration. If a wound has long harbored foreign matter, the root of rudra-lāṅgalikā and kuśa grass, applied to the mouth of the wound, will expel it. For chronic sinus wounds, the root of bālamūla or meṣaśṛṅgī, rubbed with water and applied, brings healing. Fistulous wounds are cured by powder of hiṅgu root, taken with buffalo curd and kodrava rice. Blood disorders are destroyed by the fruit of brahmayaṣṭi, ground and applied with water. For abscesses, there is a sacred ash made from barley, viḍaṅga, gandhapāṣāṇa, and dry ginger, mixed with blood and applied to the area. The seeds of saubhāñjana, atasi, and sword-bean, ground together with mustard seeds and cow’s urine and applied as a paste, will surely dispel glandular swelling. To ward off spirits, the root of white aparājitā, ground with rice water and used as a nasal medicine, disperses their assembly. A paste made from the flower of Agastya, marīca, snake skin, asafoetida, neem leaves, and barley with cow's urine, when applied, also drives away spirits. Cow’s gall, marīca, long pepper, rock salt, honey, and collyrium, when prepared together, become a remedy that removes afflictions caused by spirits and planets. Incense made from guggulu and owl’s tail dispels planetary afflictions, and one who has been freed from fourth-day fevers should be wrapped in black cloth for protection. Continuing, Lord Hari revealed that when the root and flower of white aparājitā are used to fill the eyes, all affliction is destroyed. For tooth pain caused by worms, chewing the root of gokṣuraka brings relief. A woman suffering from abdominal tumor and pain will find alleviation by drinking the juice of puṣpādinī with cow’s milk while fasting, along with the root of white arka. When the flower of white arka is ritually collected, consecrated with mantra, and tied at the waist of a purified woman, it brings about childbirth. The root of palāśa or apāmārga, tied to the hand, removes all fevers and dispels spirits and ghosts. If the root of scorpion is drunk in the morning with water kept overnight, it destroys burning fever. When this root is tied in the hair, it removes one-day and two-day fevers; if drunk with water kept overnight, it removes all poisons. For reconciliation, if the root of lajjāluka is given with one’s own semen, whether to man or woman, enmity is resolved. To destroy poison, the root of pāṭhā ground with cow’s ghee is drunk. The root of śirīṣa with water kept overnight, or the juice of red citraka, when applied to the ears, removes jaundice. Consumption is cured by the root of white kokilākṣa mixed with goat’s milk, taken for twenty-one days. Disorders of blood and wind are destroyed by drinking the flower of coconut with goat’s milk three times. For afflictions caused by spirits and planets, the root of sudarśana, gathered properly and tied at the neck with a garland, offers protection for three days or more. The flower and root of white guñjā, placed in the mouth, remove many kinds of poisons. When tied to the hand or worn around the neck, it wards off planetary afflictions; if tied around the waist on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, it dispels fear from lions and wild beasts. The root of viṣṇukrāntā, worn on the ear with a cloth thread, protects against dangers from makara and other creatures. Lord Hari then described more remedies. The root of aparājitā mixed with cow urine, when drunk, quickly cures glandular swelling. The root of indravāruṇī, taken with jiṅgiṇī, castor, śūka, and śimbi, and placed in cold water, relieves pain in the arms and neck. A paste made from buffalo ghee, aśvagandhā, pippalī, vacā, and two kinds of kuṣṭha relieves pain in the genital organs, channels, and breasts. Powder of kuṣṭha, nāga, and balā, mixed with fresh butter and applied as a paste, brings beauty and fullness to young women. If the root of indravāruṇī is called by its name from a distance, pulled out, and thrown away, the person’s spleen disease is destroyed. The root of white punarnavā, drunk with rice water, cures abscesses. Finally, powder of banana leaf ash, prepared with water and consumed, destroys all abdominal diseases. Thus, with faith and devotion, one may find healing and protection in the sacred gifts of the earth, as revealed by the Lord himself.