तिलञ्चैव वचां हिगुं बध्नीयाद्वाजिनो गले । आगन्तुजं दोषजन्तु व्रणं द्विविधमीरितम् ॥ १,२०१.
One should tie sesame, vacha, and hing around the necks of horses; two types of wounds are described: those caused by external agents and those caused by internal imbalances.
चिरपाकं वातजन्तु श्लेष्मजं क्षिप्रपाककम्? । कण्ठदाहात्मकं पित्ताच्छोणितान्मन्दवेदनम् ॥ १,२०१.
Wounds caused by wind take a long time to heal, those caused by phlegm heal quickly; those caused by bile are characterized by burning in the throat and dull pain from blood.
आगन्तुजन्तु शस्त्राद्यैर्दुष्टव्रणविशोधनम् । एरण्डमूलं द्विनिशं चित्रकं विश्वभेषजम् ॥ १,२०१.
For wounds caused by external agents such as weapons, the cleansing of infected wounds is done with castor root, citraka, and universal medicines, applied twice daily.
रसोनं सैन्धवं वापि तक्रकाञ्जिकपोषितम् । तिलसक्तुकपिण्डिका दधियुक्ता ससैन्धवा । निम्बपत्रयुतं पिण्डं व्रणशोधनरोपणम् ॥ १,२०१.
Garlic and rock salt, or buttermilk fermented with them, sesame cake mixed with curd and rock salt, and a cake with neem leaves are used for cleansing and healing wounds.
पटोलं निम्बपत्रञ्च वचा चित्रकमेव च । पिप्पलीशृङ्गवेरञ्च चूर्णमेकत्र कारयेत् ॥ १,२०१.
Patola, neem leaves, vacha, citraka, pippali, and ginger should be powdered together.
एतत्पानात्क्रिमिश्लेष्ममन्दानिलविनाशनम् । निम्बपत्रं पटो लञ्च त्रिफला खदिरं तथा ॥ १,२०१.
By drinking this, worms, phlegm, and sluggish wind are destroyed; neem leaves, patola, triphala, and khadira are also used.
क्वाथयित्वा ततो वाहं सृतरक्तं विचक्षणः । त्र्यहमेव प्रिदातव्यं हयकुष्ठोपशान्तये ॥ १,२०१.
After boiling these, the wise person should give it to the horse with flowing blood for three days to relieve horse-leprosy.
सव्रणेषु च कुष्ठेषु तैलं सर्षपजं हितम् । लशुनादिकषायश्च पानभुक्त्युपशान्तये ॥ १,२०१.
For wounds and leprosy, mustard oil is beneficial; decoctions of garlic and similar herbs are given for relief.
मातुलुङ्गरसोपेतं मांसीनां रसकेन वा । सद्यो दद्यात्तत्र नस्यमन्यैर्वातैः सुसंयुतैः ॥ १,२०१.
For nasal treatment, one should immediately administer juice of mātuluṅga or the juice of māṃsī, combined with other winds.
पलद्वयं प्रथमेऽह्नि एकैकपलवृद्धितः । यावद्दिनानि पूर्णानि पलान्यष्टादशोत्तमे ॥ १,२०१.
On the first day, two palas are given, increasing by one pala each day, until eighteen palas are reached on the final day.
अधमेऽष्टपलानि स्युर्मध्यमे स्युश्चतुर्दश । शरन्निदाघयोर्नैवदेयं नैव तु दापयेत् ॥ १,२०१.
In the lowest case, eight palas are given; in the middle, fourteen; this should not be given in autumn or summer.
तैलेन वातिके रोगे शर्कराज्यपयोन्वितैः । कटुतैलैः कफे व्योषैः पित्ते चत्रिफलाम्बुभिः ॥ १,२०१.
For wind disorders, oil is used with sugar, clarified butter, and milk; for phlegm, pungent oils with spices; for bile, water of triphala.
शालिषष्टिकदुग्धाशी हयो हिन जुगुप्सितः । पक्वजम्बूनिभो हेमवर्णोऽश्वो न जुगुप्सितः ॥ १,२०१.
A horse that eats rice, shashtika, and milk is considered inferior and to be avoided; a horse resembling ripe jambū fruit and golden in color is not to be avoided.
अर्धप्रहरणे धुर्ये गुग्गुलुं प्राशयेद्धयम् । भोजयेत्पायसं दुग्धं सत्वरं सुस्थिरो हयः ॥ १,२०१.
At half a prahara, one should give guggul to the horse in harness; feed it rice pudding with milk quickly for a stable horse.
विकारे भोजने दुग्धं शाल्यन्नं वातले ददेत् । कर्षमांसरसैः पित्ते मधुमुद्गरसाज्यकैः ॥ १,२०१.
In disorders, feed milk and rice to the horse with wind disorders; for bile, use meat juice, honey, mudga, and clarified butter.
कफे मुद्गान्कुलत्थान्वा कटुतिक्तान्कफे हये । बाधिर्ये व्याधिते ग्रासे त्रिदोषादौ तु गुग्गुलुः ॥ १,२०१.
For phlegm, give mudga and kulattha, or bitter and pungent foods; in deafness or disease, guggul is used for disorders caused by all three humors.
घासैर्दूर्वा सर्वरोगे प्रथमेऽह्नि पलं ददेत् । विवर्धयेत्ततः कर्षमेकाह्नि पलपञ्चकम् ॥ १,२०१.
For all diseases, on the first day, one should give a pala of dūrvā grass; then, on the next day, increase to a karṣa, and on the following day, five palas.
पाने च भोजने चैव अशीतिपलकं परम् । मध्ये षष्टिश्चाधमेषु चत्वारिंशच्च भोगिषु ॥ १,२०१.
In drinking and eating, the highest amount is eighty palas; for those in the middle, sixty; for the lowest, forty palas.
व्रणे कुष्ठेषु खञ्जेषु त्रिफलाक्वाथसंयुतम् । मन्दाग्नौ शोथरोगे च गवां मूत्रेण योजितम् ॥ १,२०१.
For wounds, leprosy, and lameness, it should be given mixed with a decoction of triphalā; for weak digestion and swelling diseases, it should be administered with cow's urine.
वातपित्ते व्रणे व्याधौ गोक्षीरं घृतसंयुतम् । देयं कृशानां पुष्ट्यर्थं मांसैर्युक्तं च भोजनम् ॥ १,२०१.
In cases of vāta, pitta, wounds, and disease, cow's milk mixed with ghee should be given; for the emaciated, food mixed with meat should be provided for nourishment.
सुपिष्टायाः प्रदातव्यं गुडूच्याः पलपञ्चकम् । प्रभाते घृतसंयुक्तं शरद्गीष्मे च वाजिनाम् ॥ १,२०१.
Five palas of well-pounded guḍūcī should be given in the morning, mixed with ghee, to horses during autumn and summer.
रोगघ्नं पुष्टिदं चापि बलतेजोविवर्धनम् । तदेवाश्वायदातव्यं क्षीरयुक्तमथापि वा ॥ १,२०१.
This is disease-destroying, nourishing, and increases strength and vigor; it should be given to horses, with milk or otherwise.
गुडूचीकल्पयोगेन शतावर्यश्वगन्धयोः । चत्वारि त्रीणि मध्यस्य जघन्यस्य पलानि हि ॥ १,२०१.
According to the guḍūcī preparation, for śatāvarī and aśvagandhā, four or three palas for the middle type, and for the lowest, palas accordingly.
अकस्माद्यत्र वाहानामेकरूपं यदा भवेत् । म्रियते च यदा क्षिप्रमुपसर्गं तमादिशेत् ॥ १,२०१.
Whenever, without cause, all the animals appear the same and suddenly die, one should recognize that as an epidemic affliction.
होमाद्यै रक्षया विप्रभोजनैर्बलिकर्मणा । शान्त्योपसर्गशान्तिः स्याद्धरीतक्यादिकल्पतः ॥ १,२०१.
Through protective rites such as homa, feeding of brāhmaṇas, and offering of oblations, the epidemic affliction is pacified, according to the harītakī and other preparations.
हरीतकी गवां मूत्रैस्तैलेन लवणान्विता । आदौ पञ्च ततः पञ्च वृद्ध्या पूर्णशतावधि । उत्तमा च शतं मात्रास्त्वशीतिः षष्टिरेव वा ॥ १,२०१.
Harītakī, with cow's urine, oil, and salt, should be given: first five, then five more, increasing up to a full hundred; the best dose is a hundred, or eighty, or sixty.
गजायुर्वेदमाख्यास्ये उक्ताः कल्पा गजे हिताः । गजे चतुर्गुणा मात्रास्ताभिर्गजरुगर्दनः ॥ १,२०१.
I shall now declare the science of elephant medicine; the preparations beneficial for elephants have been stated; for elephants, the dose is four times as much, and with these, elephant diseases are cured.
गजो पसर्गव्याधीनां शमनं शान्तिकर्म च । पूजयित्वा सुरान्विप्रान्रत्नैर्गां कपिलां ददेत् ॥ १,२०१.
For the pacification of epidemic diseases in elephants, after worshipping the gods and brāhmaṇas with jewels, one should give a tawny cow.
दन्तिदन्तद्वये मालां निबन्धीयादुपोषितः । मन्त्रेण मन्त्रितान्वैद्यैर्वचासिद्धार्थकांस्तथा ॥ १,२०१.
Having fasted, one should tie a garland between the two tusks of the elephant, and with mantras, physicians should recite the mantras and give the desired objects.
सूर्यादिशिवदुर्गाश्रीविष्ण्वर्चा रक्षयेद्गजम् । बलिं दद्याच्च भूतेभ्यः स्नापयेच्च चतुर्घटैः ॥ १,२०१.
By the recitation of hymns to the Sun, Śiva, Durgā, Śrī, and Viṣṇu, the elephant is protected; one should offer oblations to the spirits and bathe the elephant with four pitchers.