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Dharaniya vega—(urges to be controlled)
He who is desirous of happiness here (in this life) and hereafter (life in the
other world) should control the urges’
of greed, envy, hatred, jealosy, love (desire),’etc. and gain control over his
sense organs. 24.
oZhana cjkitsă prafams—(importance of purifactory therapies):—
All out efforts should be made to clear out the malăs (doäs and waste products)
at appropriate times. Too much of their accumilation leads to their aggravation
and even cutting short of life itself (death). 25.
The doä.s which are mitigated by langhana and päcana therapies might sometimes
become aggravated (again) but those which are cleared ( expelled out ) by
samodhana (purificatory) therapies will not get aggravated again. 26.
The physician who knows the proper time of every therapy (odhana or purifactory)
should administer tiem in properiprocedure and proper degree, later on
administer appropriate effective rejuvinators (tonic) and aphrodisiacs. 27.
Bhqajakapita cikitsă—(treatment for those debilitated by pun- factory therapy )
:—
For those emaciated (debilitated) by therapies, it is ideal to give them
nourishing foods such as ăli (Lice), astika ( rice which matures in sixty days )
godhuma ( wbat ) mudga (green-gram), măihsa (meat), ghta (ghee, butterfat) etc.,
medicines which are good to the heart (or mind) which increase hunger combined
together to improve the taste and digestive. capacity; oilmassage (and bath),
simple massage, bath, decoction enema and oil-enema therapies
By these, they will obtain happiness healtb), keenness of all the păvaka
(fire-like activities of the body), improved inteIlegence, clarity of colour (complcxio!)
an sensory perceptions, sexual vigour and big life.:——Păvaka is agni or
fire-like agent in the body, they are of thirteen kinds, viz, one jăharAgni or
kohagni (digestive activhy present in the alimentaay tract), five bhutagni (one
of each bhflta), also present in the alimentary tract and helping the digestion
of fiod material of their respective bhflta predominaice) and seven dhtvagni
(one in each dhAtu responsible for dhätu pariliama-tissue metabolism). Heahh
depends upon the proper quantity, q alities and functions of these agni (fiie.like
activity), any abnormality leads to origin On discaes.
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