बृहत्संहिता (आचार्य वराहमिहिर - स्थापत्य, खगोल, मौसम व जल विज्ञान)

602 बृहत्संहितायाम् [Adh. LXXVI. Sl. 9-12. तिलाश्वगन्धाकपिकच्छूमूलैर्विदारिकाषष्टिकपिष्टयोगः । आजेन पिष्टः पयसा घृतेन पक्व भवेच्छष्कुलिकातिवृष्या ॥९॥ Sloka 9.—A mixture of sesamum, Aswagandha, Ka- pikachchu, Vidarika and Shashtika rice, the whole ground in goat’s milk and then boiled in ghee, will be like the शष्कुली (Sashkuli) eatable and will increase sperm (be a good aphrodisiac). क्षीरेण वा गोक्षुरकोपयोगं विदारिकाकन्दकभक्षणं वा । कुर्वन्न सीदेद्यदि जीर्यतेऽस्य मन्दाग्निता चेदिदमत्र चूर्णम् ॥१०॥ Sloka 10.—If the virility of a man diminishes, he should take either गोक्षुर or विदारिका roots boiled in milk. Then his sexual power will remain unimpaired. If he suffer from dullness of the digestive apparatus, he might take the following powder. साजमोदलवणा हरीतकी शृङ्गवेरसहिता च पिप्पली । मद्यतक्रतरलोष्णवारिभिश्चूर्णपानमुदराग्निदीपनम् ॥११॥ Sloka 11.—A mixture of equal quantities of Aja- moda, rock-salt, हरीतकी, ginger and Pippali, soaked in liquor, butter-milk, gruel or hot-water and drunk, promotes digestion. अत्यम्लतिक्तलवणानि कटूनि वात्ति यः क्षारशाकबहुलानि च भोजनानि । दृक्शुक्रवीर्यरहितः स करोत्यनेकान् व्याजान् जरन्निव युवाप्यबलामवाप्य ॥१२॥ Sloka 12.—One who eats excessively sour, bitter, salt or pungent things and meals chiefly consisting of a boiled mixture of things and leafy vegetables (or saline pot-herbs), will lose the power of sight, sperm and man- hood, and on getting a damsel, he will, however young, make several sham attempts, as if he were an old man. Thus ends the 76th Adhyaya on "Erotic Remedies" ' .