Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

520 THE SUSHRUTA SAMHITA. [Chap. XXN'II.
continuous use of the medicine for a month enables a
man to live up to a good hundred years. 9.
A decoction should be made by boiling together
the pith of the Vijaka^ (Pita Sdla) and the roots of the
Agni-mantlia with which a Prastha measure of Mdsha-
pulse should be duly cooked. When the Masha-pulse is
sufficiently boiled, an Aksha measure of powdered
Chitraka roots and the expressed juice of the Amalaka
weighing a fourth part of the J/^^/z^-pulse should
be added to it, and the whole compound should be
removed (from the oven) at the close of the cooking.
When cooled down this compound should be taken in
adequate doses with honey and clarified butter after
consecrating it a thousand times with appropriate
Mantras. Persons seeking longevity and a stronger or
improved range of vision should take this and they
should be advised to take iheir meals without any salt.
The meal, after the digestion of the medicine, should
consist of bailed rice and a copious quantity of clarified
butter and should be taken with unsalted Mudga, and
Amalaka soup or with milk alone. A continuous use
of either of these two medicines for three consecutive
months would make a man's eye-sight as keen and
foresighted as that of a Suparnat and enable him to
witness a hundred summers in the full vigour of health,
strength and manhood.": 10.
* Dallana recommends one Pala weight of Vijaka Sara and Agni-
manlha to be boiled in an Adhaka measure of water which should be
reduced to one half for the preparation of the decoction.
t Suparna is the king of birds and is said to be the most keen-
sighted.
X Dallana says that some commentators do not read this, since they
do not consider it to be a part of the original text. Jejjata also has not
read this.