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532 THE SUSIIRUTA SAMHITA. tC^ap. XXIX.
etc, done unto him) should drink off an Anjali (Kudava)
measure of the secreted juice at a draught without tast-
ing it, and the remainder, if any, should be cast into
water. He should then wash and rinse his mouth with
water in the manner of Achamana. Then having
controlled his mind and speech with the vows cf Yama
(paramount duties^* and Niyama (minor duties)t
should stay in the protected inner chamber surrounded
by his friends. 5.
IVIetrical Text:— After having drunk the
Rasdyana (Elixir) one should reside in a windless (pres-
cribed) chamber; spend his time in perfect control over
his senses, sitting, standing or walking about in his
chamber in a holy spirit and by no means indulging in
sleep (which is injurious under the circumstances). 6.
Or the patient may, after taking his meal in the
evening and hearing the benedictory words, lie down
on a mattress of Kus'a-grass covered with black-deer
skin and thus pass the night among his friends and may
take cold water when thirsty. Then having got out of
his bed in the morning he should hear the benedictory
words recited and have the benedictory rites performed
unto him. He should then touch the body of a cow
and sit down in the same manner (in his chamber).
Vomitings mark the digestion of the Soma-juice and
after vomiting the blood-streaked worm-infested matter,
*Patanjali, the propounder of ihe Yoga system of Philosophy,
enumerates the Yamis as follows: — "^f^^ifj" (harmlessness), "^sj"
(trulhfuln:ss), "^f^^" (abstinence from stealing), "313^^" (continence)
and " ^ n f